title: Postpartum cerebral angiopathy: atypical features and treatment with intracranial balloon angioplasty.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Endovascular Surgery, Hyman-Newman Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1000 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10019, USA. jsong@chpnet.org
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Seifert
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Cacayorin
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Alexandrov
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Malkoff
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Grotta
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: 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*