Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 8-2009. A 36-year-old woman with headache, hypertension, and seizure 2 weeks post partum

N Engl J Med. 2009 Mar 12;360(11):1126-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc0809063.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Brain Edema / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / pathology*
  • Cerebral Infarction / etiology
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disease Progression
  • Eclampsia / diagnosis*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Headache Disorders, Primary / diagnosis
  • Headache Disorders, Primary / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Puerperal Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Puerperal Disorders / etiology
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Stroke / diagnosis
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / complications
  • Vasospasm, Intracranial / diagnosis*