Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: atypical features and treatment with intracranial balloon angioplasty.
Postpartum cerebral angiopathy (PCA) is an uncommon cause of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in young women. It is usually clinically benign and not relapsing. We describe a patient with nonhemorrhagic PCA who had an atypical progressive neurological deficit from bilateral hemisphere watershed ischemia despite treatment with aggressive medical therapy and intracranial balloon angioplasty.
Song
J K
JK
Center for Endovascular Surgery, Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1000 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA. jsong@chpnet.org
Fisher
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Seifert
T D
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Cacayorin
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Alexandrov
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Malkoff
M D
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Grotta
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Campbell
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D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020243:Infarction, Anterior Cerebral Artery / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*