Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts
Joint Authors
Pepe, Franco
Marchese, Gianmarco
Pepe, Gabriele Giuseppe
Zambrotta, Elisabetta
Insalaco, Giulio
Garraffo, Claudia
La Rosa, Valeria
Source
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-11-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 25-year-old woman presented to the obstetric clinic in her first pregnancy.
The patient was accompanied by her mother who reported an episode of intracerebral hemorrhage after birth and also remembered access to the emergency department after generalized tonic-clonic seizure as an infant.
She was not able to describe the therapy for seizure preventions and even when and why it was suspended, but she affirmed that no residual neurological consequences were detected in the following years.
Actually, the pregnant woman was in good health without neurological symptoms nor assumed any therapy.
A neurologist reviewed the patient’s CT scan in which arachnoid cyst and porencephalic cyst were evident, and he assessed that no abnormalities were found in motor, sensory, and mental state examination.
EEG did not show any epileptiform or seizure-like activity.
No antiepileptic drug was prescribed due to the absence of symptoms since many years.
The patient had no neurological symptoms during pregnancy or obstetric complications and delivered at term a healthy baby through a caesarean section.
She breastfed, and after two years, the patient and the baby are healthy.
The association of porencephalic and arachnoid cyst in pregnancy is an extremely rare neurological condition that needs a multidisciplinary counseling in pregnancy, but an uneventful course is possible.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Pepe, Franco& Marchese, Gianmarco& Pepe, Gabriele Giuseppe& Zambrotta, Elisabetta& Insalaco, Giulio& Garraffo, Claudia…[et al.]. 2020. Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149256
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Pepe, Franco…[et al.]. Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149256
American Medical Association (AMA)
Pepe, Franco& Marchese, Gianmarco& Pepe, Gabriele Giuseppe& Zambrotta, Elisabetta& Insalaco, Giulio& Garraffo, Claudia…[et al.]. Pregnancy in an Asymptomatic Woman with Porencephalic and Arachnoid Cysts. Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1149256
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1149256