title: Reversible cerebral, hepatic and renal lesions in severe pre-eclampsia.
abstract: Several authors have reported the appearance of reversible hypoattenuated cerebral lesions, representing ischemia, in computed tomography scans of patients with severe pre-eclampsia. Hepatic hemorrhage and sometimes rupture have also been reported in this setting, but these problems have apparently never occurred in a patient with reversible ischemia. The authors describe a 34-year-old patient with severe pre-eclampsia in whom reversible cerebral ischemia developed in combination with hepatic and renal hematomas, which subsequently partially resolved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa School of Medicine, Ottawa General Hospital, Ont.
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Peterkin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wee
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Desmarais
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed