[Severe cerebral lesions in pregnancy toxemia].
The authors report a case of pre-eclamptic toxemia, characterised by extensive cortical, sub-cortical and vertebro-basilar neurological lesions. The appearance of these lesions and their course were suggestive of the role played by toxemic vasculitis and vasospasm.
Bouaggad
A
A
Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
Benslama
A
A
Bouderka
A
A
Barrou
H
H
Benaguida
M
M
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
Lésions cérébrales sévères au cours de la toxémie gravidique.