Puerperal superior sagittal sinus thrombosis.
A 31-year-old woman became unconscious shortly after delivery of a stillborn fetus in the thirty-sixth week of gestation. Tonic-clonic seizures and deepening coma occurred soon after delivery. Despite intensive supportive therapy, the patient died three days after delivery. A superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and extensive bilateral cerebral infarction were found on necropsy.
D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000473:pathology*