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Bilateral Thalamic Infarct Caused by Spontaneous Vertebral Artery Dissection in Pre-eclampsia with HELLP Syndrome: A Previously Unreported Association

Cerebrovascular accidents are not rare during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition that is characterized by proteinuria and de novo hypertension that may be complicated by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome. Spontaneous cerv...

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Published in:Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases 2012-11, Vol.21 (8), p.914.e9-914.e10
Main Authors: Borelli, Paolo, MD, Baldacci, Filippo, MD, Vergallo, Andrea, MD, Del Dotto, Paolo, MD, Lucetti, Claudio, PhD, Nuti, Angelo, MD, Bonuccelli, Ubaldo, MD
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Summary:Cerebrovascular accidents are not rare during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Pre-eclampsia is a common condition that is characterized by proteinuria and de novo hypertension that may be complicated by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome. Spontaneous cervical artery dissection has been rarely reported in the postpartum period but never in association with HELLP syndrome. We describe a case of pre-eclampsia and HELLP syndrome complicated in the postpartum period by bilateral thalamic infarct as result of left vertebral artery dissection. We speculated about the possible common etiopathologic mechanisms involved in this previously unreported association.
ISSN:1052-3057
1532-8511
DOI:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.01.007