Management of a Pregnant Patient With Central Poststroke Pain Syndrome Ultimately Having a Cesarean Delivery: A Case Report

A A Pract. 2019 Jun 3;12(11):403-405. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000945.

Abstract

Cerebrovascular events, along with the early presentation of central pain, during pregnancy, are uncommon. We report a case of a parturient with intense central poststroke pain after an ischemic cerebrovascular incident at 15 weeks of gestation, attributed to cerebral venous thrombosis. After a multidisciplinary team consultation, she was scheduled for cesarean delivery at 35 weeks of gestation, under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. Due to severe left-sided neurological deficits and ipsilateral intense neuropathic pain, the neuraxial technique was successfully performed using the paramedian approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Epidural
  • Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods*
  • Anesthesia, Spinal
  • Cesarean Section / methods*
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Neuralgia / drug therapy*
  • Neuralgia / etiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Stroke / complications*