Postpartum vertebral artery dissection.

We report a case of a right vertebral artery dissection in a 35-year-old woman, 3 weeks post partum, with manifestations of vertebrobasilar disease. She was 3 weeks out from the uneventful delivery of her fourth child, with presentation of acute neurological symptoms, predominantly intractable vertigo. Vertigo can have many non-specific generalised symptoms and clinical findings. Postpartum women have a lengthy list of possible aetiologies of vertigo not limited to our initially suspected preeclampsia, dural venous thrombosis and vertebral dissection. 2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.