%0 Journal Article
%T Infarto cerebeloso en el puerperio inmediato
%A Gonz¨¢lez Pompa
%A Jos¨¦ Antonio
%A Gonz¨¢lez Aguilera
%A Julio C¨¦sar
%A V¨¢zquez Beliz¨®n
%A Yoleinis
%A Reyes Torn¨¦s
%A Reinaldo
%A Fabi¨¢n Rosabal
%A Mario
%J Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecolog£¿-a
%D 2012
%I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%X the cerebrovascular disease during pregnancy is uncommon. the objective of present paper is to describe the clinical features of a patient with embolisms of the right humeral artery and of the brainstem at expulsion period of a spontaneous labor without emboligen focus causing this cerebrovascular accident. this is the case of a pregnant woman aged 29 with 40,2 weeks of gestational age who during the expulsion period of a spontaneous labor had a intensive pain in the right superior limb with changes of coloration and temperature as well as functional impotence, impossibility to bilateral palpebral opening, vomiting without nauseas, dysarthria and difficulty with the ocular movements. in physical screening it was noted a slight basal mesosystolic souffle ii/iv in pulmonary souffle, cyanosis, coldness and lack or humeral and radial pulse in the right superior limb, cerebellum dysarthria, bilateral vertical nystagmus, right faciobrachial monoparesis 1-2. neuroimaging showed the presence of a recent cerebelum ischemic infarction and at level of left cerebral peduncle. the right humeral artery is explored using a fogarty's catheter, removing a 6 cm thrombus. was admitted in intensive care unit under treatment with 1,5 mg/kg/day for 5 days fraxiparin followed by 0,5 mg/kg warfarin as a dose of impregnation remaining with 5 mg/day as maintenance dose and with a favorable evolution improving progressively the neurologic symptomatology being discharged at 15 days starting the functional rehabilitation program.
%K cerebellum infarction
%K embolism
%K labor
%K puerperium.
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