PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nina Long
AU  - Satnaam Bassi
AU  - Don Pepito
AU  - Hossein Akhondi
TI  - Gerstmann syndrome complicating polycythemia secondary to anabolic steroid use
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2018-229004
DP  - 2019 Jun 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e229004
VI  - 12
IP  - 6
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/6/e229004.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/12/6/e229004.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2019 Jun 01; 12
AB  - Anabolic steroid use is prevalent among athletes and bodybuilders. There are known cardiovascular, reproductive, musculoskeletal and neuropsychiatric risks associated with their prolonged use. Although there have been very few documented cases of strokes associated with anabolic steroid use, cardiomyopathy and secondary erythropoiesis can increase the risk of strokes in users with no other risk factors. We present a 49-year-old man with left parietal ischaemic stroke with haemorrhagic conversion resulting in Gerstmann syndrome secondary to a hypercoagulable state from chronic anabolic steroid use.