Stroke in a young Indian patient receiving intravenous immunoglobulin

Intravenous immunoglobin administration is considered very safe. Rare complications like stroke can be very disabling and needs mentioning before offering the therapy to the patient. We report a young Indian patient with no known risk factor of stroke, received intravenous immunoglobulin for treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and developed ischemic stroke involving terminal internal carotid artery on the second dose of treatment. Neurology Asia 2005; 10 : 125 – 126 Address correspondence to: Dr M Tripathy, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. India. 110029. Fax: 9111-26588207, Email: [email protected] INTRODUCTION Intravenous immunoglobin (IVIG) therapy is given for various immunological conditions and is considered to be quite safe. We report a rare complication of stroke during IVIG therapy in a young Indian patient.