TY - JOUR
T1 - CVT in the Peripartum Period
T2 - A Diagnostic Dilemma
AU - Allbright, Leah
AU - McLeod, Francine
AU - Mauney, Donald
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Leah Allbright et al.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1155/2020/7656232
DO - 10.1155/2020/7656232
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85102571698
SN - 2090-6684
VL - 2020
JO - Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
M1 - 7656232
ER -