title: [Neurologic manifestations in the vertebro-basilar system revealing pregnancy toxemia].
abstract: We report a case with focal neurological deficits suggesting vertebro-basilar system ischemia, in the course of pre-eclampsia. An early CT scan showed a large hypodensity throughout the midbrain. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials initially showed an abolition of III and V pikes suggesting brainstem injury. Two days later both neurological examination and brain stem auditory evoked potentials returned to normal. A CT scan performed three weeks after the onset was normal. These findings suggest a vasospasm which may have been due to sympathomimetic agents given two weeks before the onset of toxemia for preterm labor.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie B, Hôpital Neurologique, Lyon.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nighoghossian
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neuschwander
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sonnet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Audrat
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bouffard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Trouillas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012312:Ritodrine / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D012312:Ritodrine
vernacular_title: Manifestations neurologiques dans le territoire vertebro-basilaire révélatrices d'une toxémie gravidique.