A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rarely encountered condition during pregnancy. A 21-year-old pregnant woman with labour pains was hospitalized in our clinic. Diagnosis of severe preeclampsia was made based on her clinical and laboratory findings. She suffered from convulsive episodes du...

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Main Authors: Hatice Ender Soydinc, Ali Ozler, Mehmet Sıddık Evsen, Muhammet Erdal Sak, Abdulkadir Turgut, Serdar Basaranoglu, Abdurrahim Dusak, Mehmet Guli Cetincakmak
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/402601
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Mehmet Sıddık Evsen
Muhammet Erdal Sak
Abdulkadir Turgut
Serdar Basaranoglu
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Mehmet Guli Cetincakmak
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description Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rarely encountered condition during pregnancy. A 21-year-old pregnant woman with labour pains was hospitalized in our clinic. Diagnosis of severe preeclampsia was made based on her clinical and laboratory findings. She suffered from convulsive episodes during postpartum period which lead to initiation of treatment for eclampsia. However neurological and radiological examinations were performed after emergence of additional neurological symptoms disclosed the diagnosis of CVST. In this paper, we aimed to present a case with CVST which diagnosis was confused with eclampsia and resulting in maternal mortality.
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spelling doaj-art-3d0cc04e3ef0484ba7a8731cb17a1c752025-08-20T02:39:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922013-01-01201310.1155/2013/402601402601A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant WomanHatice Ender Soydinc0Ali Ozler1Mehmet Sıddık Evsen2Muhammet Erdal Sak3Abdulkadir Turgut4Serdar Basaranoglu5Abdurrahim Dusak6Mehmet Guli Cetincakmak7Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, 21280 Diyarbakir, TurkeyCerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a rarely encountered condition during pregnancy. A 21-year-old pregnant woman with labour pains was hospitalized in our clinic. Diagnosis of severe preeclampsia was made based on her clinical and laboratory findings. She suffered from convulsive episodes during postpartum period which lead to initiation of treatment for eclampsia. However neurological and radiological examinations were performed after emergence of additional neurological symptoms disclosed the diagnosis of CVST. In this paper, we aimed to present a case with CVST which diagnosis was confused with eclampsia and resulting in maternal mortality.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/402601
spellingShingle Hatice Ender Soydinc
Ali Ozler
Mehmet Sıddık Evsen
Muhammet Erdal Sak
Abdulkadir Turgut
Serdar Basaranoglu
Abdurrahim Dusak
Mehmet Guli Cetincakmak
A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
title A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
title_full A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
title_fullStr A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
title_short A Case of Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Resulting in Mortality in Severe Preeclamptic Pregnant Woman
title_sort case of cerebral sinus venous thrombosis resulting in mortality in severe preeclamptic pregnant woman
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/402601
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