CVT in the Peripartum Period: A Diagnostic Dilemma
| Autor: | Donald Mauney, Francine McLeod, Leah Allbright |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology Case Report Diagnostic dilemma Gynecology and obstetrics 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Preeclampsia 03 medical and health sciences Venous thrombosis 0302 clinical medicine Etiology RG1-991 Medicine Peripartum Period business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Focal neurologic signs |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol 2020 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2090-6692 2090-6684 |
| Popis: | Women in the peripartum period can develop headache with a variety of etiologies that require a multidisciplinary approach if unresponsive to treatment (Stella et al. 2007). Neuroimaging needs to be undertaken even occasionally in the absence of focal neurologic signs to rule out life-threatening causes of headache. We present the case of a 23-year-old woman who presented postpartum with severe frontal headache without other neurologic symptoms. Treatment was initiated for tension type, then subsequently postdural puncture headache (PDPH), and finally preeclampsia. When CT venogram was obtained ten days later, the diagnosis of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) was made. She was started on anticoagulation and achieved complete recovery. |
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