Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: reversible vasoconstriction assessed by transcranial Doppler ultrasounds
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_BC0123543D58
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: reversible vasoconstriction assessed by transcranial Doppler ultrasounds
Journal
European Neurology
ISSN
0014-3022 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
1989
Volume
29
Number
2
Pages
102-5
Notes
Case Reports
Journal Article
Journal Article
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Adult
Cerebral Arteries/physiology
Cerebral Cortex/*blood supply
Female
Humans
Postpartum Period/*physiology
Pregnancy
*Ultrasonography
*Vasoconstriction
Pubmed
Web of science
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