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Acute amnesia during pregnancy due to bilateral fornix infarction: A case report
- Source :
- World Journal of Clinical Cases
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Baishideng Publishing Group Inc., 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Stroke is an important cause of maternal morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and puerperium. Isolated amnesia is a rare clinical symptom caused by ischemic stroke during pregnancy. We present the first documented case of acute amnesia during pregnancy due to bilateral fornix infarction. Case summary A 32-year-old nullipara presented at 35 wk of gestation with acute amnesia and headache. Brain magnetic resonance imaging and angiography revealed acute infarction in the bilateral anterior fornix. There was no evidence of causative abnormality after extensive work-up, including for vascular abnormality, cardiac disease, coagulopathy, and pregnancy-related conditions. The patient was diagnosed with cryptogenic stroke. Aspirin was administered immediately, and the patient recovered fully without recurrence. Conclusion Acute isolated amnesia due to stroke is rare during pregnancy. Early diagnosis of stroke and immediate treatment prevent neurologic sequelae.
- Subjects :
- Fornix
Amnesia
Infarction
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Case report
medicine
Coagulopathy
cardiovascular diseases
Stroke
Aspirin
business.industry
Cerebral infarction
Brain
General Medicine
medicine.disease
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Anesthesia
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
medicine.symptom
business
psychological phenomena and processes
medicine.drug
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Details
- ISSN :
- 23078960
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Journal of Clinical Cases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c9d5c04ab5671473590479c720723290