Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: reversible vasoconstriction assessed by transcranial Doppler ultrasounds
Détails
ID Serval
serval:BIB_BC0123543D58
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Sous-type
Etude de cas (case report): rapporte une observation et la commente brièvement.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: reversible vasoconstriction assessed by transcranial Doppler ultrasounds
Périodique
European Neurology
ISSN
0014-3022 (Print)
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
1989
Volume
29
Numéro
2
Pages
102-5
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article
Journal Article
Résumé
Postpartum cerebral angiopathy is a distinct reversible clinicoradiological syndrome which develops shortly after a normal pregnancy. It may belong to the poorly defined group of acute benign cerebral angiopathy, in which multisegmental narrowings of cerebral arteries are also reversible. In a 22-year-old woman with postpartum cerebral angiopathy, sequential transcranial Doppler ultrasounds showed that the flow disturbances began to improve 4 days after onset, and normalized 4 weeks later. A vasoconstriction response to acute severe hypertension is likely to explain this reversible angiopathy.
Mots-clé
Adult
Cerebral Arteries/physiology
Cerebral Cortex/*blood supply
Female
Humans
Postpartum Period/*physiology
Pregnancy
*Ultrasonography
*Vasoconstriction
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 12:40
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20/08/2019 16:30