title: [Postpartum reversible cerebral angiopathy: an unusual cause of headache].
abstract: We present the case of a 34-year-old woman who developed, in postpartum period of an uncomplicated pregnancy, a thunderclap headache with visual disturbance associated with a severe arterial hypertension. Both clinical evolution and cerebral imaging including angio-MR confirmed the diagnosis of postpartum reversible vasoconstriction syndrome. One of the leading causes of this syndrome is the use of vasoactive drugs as it was observed in the case of this patient. It is important to consider this syndrome in the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with headache in the postpartum period.
authors.affiliation: Service d'urgence et de réanimation médicale, CHU Nord, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farissier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reynaud
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Varvat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coudrot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tardy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000473:pathology; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D012907:Smoking; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology