Open AccessCerebral Venous Thrombosis in Pregnancy-A Poignant Allegory of an Unusual Case
Author(s) -
Sheeba Marwah,
Gaikwad Harsha Shailesh,
Sumedha Gupta,
Mukut Sharma,
Pratima Mittal
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22822.9071
Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral venous sinus thrombosis , pregnancy , thrombosis , stroke (engine) , venous thrombosis , pediatrics , cerebral infarction , surgery , obstetrics , cardiology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , genetics , engineering , biology
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT), also known as cortical venous, cerebral sinus, cerebral venous sinus, or dural sinus thrombosis, is an infrequent grave condition affecting pregnant females, resulting from clot formation in one of the many outflow tracts of the brain. Although pregnancy-associated stroke or CVT is uncommon, the risk of stroke is greatly increased above the low baseline rate in young patients during late pregnancy and, even more so, during the puerperium. Haemorrhagic infarction can occur in the acute stage of CVT. The article reports a case of CVT in puerperium in woman without any risk factors for thrombosis, highlighting the difficulties encountered in differentiating this rare cause from common diagnoses such as eclampsia. Also, clinical considerations and relevant literature review on prognostic factors affecting outcome have been addressed. CVT is an uncommon serious neurologic disorder in young gravidas requiring prudent assessment of the potential differential diagnoses and prompt management.