title: Cranial thromboembolism secondary to patent foramen ovale and deep venous thrombosis after cesarean section.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare event in the puerperium as a cause of stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 21-year-old, G4P3A1 woman with the symptoms of convulsion, stroke and unconsciousness 1 week after cesarean delivery. An infarction was detected in both frontal lobes, and echocardiography and MRI confirmed the PFO. Her follow-up course with low-molecular-weight heparin and then warfarin for 6 months was uneventful.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with an unexplained arterial event should be screened for PFO and possible paradoxical embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Kocaeli Medical School, Kocaeli, Turkey. harikabodur@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Harika
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.forename: Eray
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caliskan
authors.forename: Yonca
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anik
authors.forename: Yigit
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cakiroglu
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corakci
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology