Cerebral Vein Thrombosis during Pregnancy and At the Puerperal Period: Radio-Clinical and Therapeutic Study

Abstract

Cerebral thrombophlebitis gravidopuerperale is a rare but serious pathology that can engage the maternal-fetal prognosis. It requires early diagnosis and treatment fast. Indeed, much rarer than arterial thromboses, thrombophlebitis are a significant cause of death and stroke. They can occur during pregnancy but most often they occur within a few days to a few months following postpartum. The frequency of peripartum cerebral thrombophlebitis is on average 1/3000 to 1/10000 births, but recently the number of cases recognized seems higher partly because of the more widespread knowledge of the variability of different forms of clinical presentations of cerebral venous thrombosis allowing a diagnosis, and on the other hand the wider use of imaging means more and more effective, in particular MRI. The objective of this study is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, therapeutic and evolutionary gravido -puerperal cerebral thrombophlebitis.