Stroke in the Postpartum Period:
A Case Study
Published: June 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3051
Allison SJ, Basit A, Omer Mohd Hussein, Ahmed RA
1. Eastwood Stroke Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44
5BL, UK.
2. Eastwood Stroke Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44
5BL, UK.
3. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, National
Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
4. Eastwood Stroke Unit, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS
Foundation Trust, Calow, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44
5BL, UK.
Correspondence
Dr. Omer Mohd Hussein,
Professor, Department of Psychiatry,
Faculty of Medicine, National Ribat University,
Khartoum, Sudan.
E-mail: mohomer1@yahoo.com
A twenty six years old woman presented with visual disturbance, headache and gait disturbance ten weeks postpartum. Imaging studies identified an acute infarction in the left thalamus. This case report discusses her presentation, investigations and management and the aetiology of stroke in pregnancy and the postpartum period.
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