Fatal puerperal cerebral vasospasm and stroke in a young woman.
A woman who experienced postpartum cerebral infarction, brain edema, and death is described. Angiography implicated cerebral vasospasm as the primary etiology.
Geraghty
J J
JJ
Department of Neurology, UCLA Medical Center.
Hoch
D B
DB
Robert
M E
ME
Vinters
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HV
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