Evaluation of peripartum strokes by computed tomography.
Eleven women with peripartum strokes were evaluated by cranial computed tomography (CT). The interval between childbirth and the onset of symptoms varied from 1 day to 22 days. Computed tomography scans were done within 7 days of the onset of symptoms in six cases and in the remaining five cases on the 8th, 12th, 12th, 12th and 20th day, respectively. All CT scans were abnormal, 10 showing evidence of arterial infarction by low-attenuation lesions and only one of sino-venous occlusion shown by a high-attenuating haematoma.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed