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Postpartum Headache Due to Spontaneous Cervical Artery Dissection
Author(s) -
Borelli Paolo,
Baldacci Filippo,
Nuti Angelo,
Lucetti Claudio,
Berti Caterina,
Logi Chiara,
Orlandi Giovanni,
Bonuccelli Ubaldo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2011.01881.x
Subject(s) - aura , cervical artery , medicine , migraine , dissection (medical) , postpartum period , surgery , pregnancy , anesthesia , biology , genetics
Postpartum headache is quite common and often related to potentially ominous cerebrovascular accidents. As illustrated in previously published reports, spontaneous cervical artery dissection is a rare but possible cause of headache in the postpartum. We provide 2 additional cases to the 19 described so far, including the first ever report of migraine with aura‐like symptoms. Additionally, we summarize the literature and we speculate about the possible etiopathological mechanism underlying this condition.