Pre-eclampsia associated with carotid dissection and stroke in a young woman.
Carotid dissection has rarely been described in pregnancy. We report a 24-year-old woman who developed an acute stroke 14 days postpartum after a complicated pregnancy. Her left internal carotid artery was found to be occluded, presumably secondary to a carotid dissection. Her neurologic symptoms resolved and she was treated with short-term warfarin therapy and blood pressure control.
Dasgupta
Noel R
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University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville, USA.
Guzman
Luis A
LA
Chapman
Doug B
DB
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055815:Young Adult
D000925:Anticoagulants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D014859:Warfarin