RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: a rare cause of postpartum headache
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 141
OP 144
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000997
VO 15
IS 2
A1 Wiles, Kate S
A1 Nortley, Ross
A1 Siddiqui, Ata
A1 Holmes, Paul
A1 Nelson-Piercy, Catherine
YR 2015
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/15/2/141.abstract
AB We describe two women presenting with severe postpartum headache associated with hypertension but with no other signs or investigation results to suggest pre-eclampsia. In one case, the headache was associated with atypical subarachnoid haemorrhage. The variable nature of the headache and the degree of associated hypertension raised the clinical suspicion of reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome, confirmed on MR angiography. Both patients took nimodipine until the cerebral vasoconstriction had resolved radiologically.