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Fatal cerebellar infarction in a migraine sufferer whilst receiving sumatriptan
1Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, Sussex, UK.
Intensive Care Medicine
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
This is a case report of a 39-year-old man who suffered from a fatal cerebellar infarction whilst on sumatriptan therapy for an acute attack of migraine. Intracranial vasospasm is proposed as the likely causative mechanism and possible therapeutic intervention is highlighted.