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Emergency Medicine
Case reported of bilateral carotid artery dissections in a postpartum patient
January 13th, 2005
Physicians with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, have described what they say is "the first reported case of bilateral carotid artery dissection" in a postpartum patient. "Spontaneous unilateral postpartum carotid arterial dissection is a rarely reported event," noted J. Abisaab and colleagues. Their patient was a "35-year-old gravida 4, para 3 woman [who] presented to our emergency department with complaint of headache for 3 days." She had delivered a full-term infant by cesarean section 9 days prior to presenting at the emergency department. The reason for cesarean delivery was of arrest of...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-13)
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