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- Title
Cranial Thromboembolism Secondary to Patent Foramen Ovale and Deep Venous Thrombosis after Cesarean Section.
- Authors
Bodur, Harika; Caliskan, Eray; Anik, Yonca; Cakiroglu, Yigit; Corakci, Aydin
- Abstract
Background: Paradoxical embolism via a patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare event in the puerperium as a cause of stroke. Case: We report a 21-year-old, G4P3A1 woman with the symptoms of convulsion, stroke and unconsciousness 1 week after cesarean delivery. An infarction was detected in both frontal lobes, and echocardiography and MRI confirmed the PFO. Her follow-up course with low-molecular-weight heparin and then warfarin for 6 months was uneventful. Conclusion: Patients with an unexplained arterial event should be screened for PFO and possible paradoxical embolism. Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
EMBOLISMS; PUERPERIUM; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; SEIZURES (Medicine); FRONTAL lobe
- Publication
Gynecologic & Obstetric Investigation, 2008, Vol 65, Issue 4, p258
- ISSN
0378-7346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000113050