Abstract
Sirs: Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) accounts for approximately 10 % of all strokes and carries high morbidity and mortality. Causes of nonhypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage are arteriovenous malformations, aneurysms, amyloid angiopathy, coagulopathies and drugs. Drug-induced ICH occurs mostly due to anticoagulants, thrombolytics, sympathomimetics, metamphetamine and cocaine. To our knowledge, there are two previous reported cases about the relationship between sildenafil use and ICH [1, 2]. Here we report a case of ICH after a single dose of sildenafil use. A 62-year-old, right-handed male was admitted with left-sided weakness and numbness. He reported that he had taken 50 mg of sildenafil two hours previously and had noticed numbness and weakness in his left arm and leg an hour after taking the drug. This was the first time he used the drug which was prescribed by a urologist. He indicated that the symptoms develLETTER TO THE EDITORS
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