TY - JOUR T1 - Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: a rare cause of postpartum headache JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 141 LP - 144 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2014-000997 VL - 15 IS - 2 AU - Kate S Wiles AU - Ross Nortley AU - Ata Siddiqui AU - Paul Holmes AU - Catherine Nelson-Piercy Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/15/2/141.abstract N2 - 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. ER -