title: A 39-Year-Old Postpartum Woman With Foot Drop and Shortness of Breath.
abstract: A 39-year-old white woman with a history of adult-onset asthma, chronic sinusitis, and nasal polyposis presented to the ED with dyspnea and left lower extremity weakness and pain. Three months prior to her presentation she had an uncomplicated delivery of her second child, but during her pregnancy she experienced increasing asthma symptoms and nasal congestion. These symptoms progressed after delivery despite treatment with albuterol inhalers and antibiotics.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: mehtaa4@ccf.org.
authors: Atul K
authors: AK
authors: Mehta
authors: Center for Vasculitis Care and Research, Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
authors: Carol A
authors: CA
authors: Langford
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
authors: David O
authors: DO
authors: Taylor
authors: Imaging Institute, Cardiovascular Section, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Bolen
authors: Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
authors: Anita J
authors: AJ
authors: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015267:Churg-Strauss Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D049590:Postpartum Period