Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome in a postpartum female complicated by subarachnoid haemorrhage.

A 31-year-old woman experienced sudden onset parieto-occipital headache 2 days postpartum. This resolved spontaneously but recurred at 6 days postpartum, when she reported the worst occipital headache she had ever experienced. Neurological examination was unremarkable. A non-contrast CT scan of the brain revealed subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) predominantly distributed in a superficial cortical pattern (figure 1). The patient was urgently transferred to a neurosurgical unit and …