title: Fatal puerperal cerebral vasospasm and stroke in a young woman.
abstract: A woman who experienced postpartum cerebral infarction, brain edema, and death is described. Angiography implicated cerebral vasospasm as the primary etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, UCLA Medical Center.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Geraghty
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Hoch
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Vinters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011644:Puerperal Disorders; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology