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Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS)

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  • 25-year-old patient had an emergency c-section for eclampsia.
  • MRI was performed after the patient developed an occipital headache, visual disturbance, and vomiting.
  • MRI showed cortical and subcortical T2 and FLAIR hyperintensity and a trace of subarachnoid blood.
  • MRA showed stenoses and irregularity of the A2 ACAs and the right M2 MCAs.
  • The findings fully resolved on imaging 3 months later.

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  • A 40-year-old patient presented with a severe occipital and temporal headache, nausea, vomitting and dizziness.
  • MRI showed focal stenoses in the M2 MCAs and both PCAs, which resolved after 6 months.