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Puerperal superior sagittal sinus thrombosis
A 31-year-old woman became unconscious shortly after delivery of a stillborn fetus in the thirty-sixth week of gestation. Tonic-clonic seizures and deepening coma occurred soon after delivery. Despite intensive supportive therapy, the patient died three days after delivery. A superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and extensive bilateral cerebral infarction were found on necropsy.
A 31-year-old woman became unconscious shortly after delivery of a stillborn fetus in the thirty-sixth week of gestation. Tonic-clonic seizures and deepening coma occurred soon after delivery. Despite intensive supportive therapy, the patient died three days after delivery. A superior sagittal sinus thrombosis and extensive bilateral cerebral infarction were found on necropsy.