Postpartum Headache Due to Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection

Postpartum headache is quite common and often related to potentially ominous cerebrovascular accidents. As illustrated in previously published reports, spontaneous cervical artery dissection is a rare but possible cause of headache in the postpartum. We provide 2 additional cases to the 19 described...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Headache 2011-05, Vol.51 (5), p.809-813
Hauptverfasser:	Borelli, Paolo, Baldacci, Filippo, Nuti, Angelo, Lucetti, Claudio, Berti, Caterina, Logi, Chiara, Orlandi, Giovanni, Bonuccelli, Ubaldo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Arteries Aspirin - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection - complications Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection - drug therapy Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection - pathology Female Headache Headache - drug therapy Headache - etiology Headache - pathology Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Headaches Humans Medical sciences Medical treatment Migraine Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use Postpartum Puerperal Disorders - drug therapy Puerperal Disorders - pathology spontaneous cervical artery dissection Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
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Zusammenfassung:	Postpartum headache is quite common and often related to potentially ominous cerebrovascular accidents. As illustrated in previously published reports, spontaneous cervical artery dissection is a rare but possible cause of headache in the postpartum. We provide 2 additional cases to the 19 described so far, including the first ever report of migraine with aura‐like symptoms. Additionally, we summarize the literature and we speculate about the possible etiopathological mechanism underlying this condition.
ISSN:	0017-8748 1526-4610
DOI:	10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01881.x