Information about the security of intravenous recombinant tissue type plasminogen activator (rtPA) in immunoglobulins related stroke can only be ascertained from singular cases as it was not assessed in clinical trials. Only two cases of stroke associated with IVIg treated with rtPA were described in literature. We report the outcome of two patients with IVIg associated stroke that were treated with rtPA. In our patients there were hemorrhagic complications - remote cerebral haemorrhage and diffuse cutaneous hematomas.
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