Acute Ischemic Stroke Associated with Essential Thrombocythemia and Suspected Platelet Aggregation in Intracranial Artery / 대한뇌졸중학회지

ABSTRACT

Acute ischemic stroke is often the first manifestation of essential thrombocythemia (ET). We report two cases of acute ischemic stroke in patients with ET who suffered acute thrombus formation in a large cerebral artery with related cortical infarction. We suggest that platelet aggregation and its distal embolization may occur in large intracranial arteries in patients with ET.