MR demonstration of reversible periportal abnormal intensity in eclampsia.
We present a patient with toxemia of pregnancy and liver dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse periportal abnormal signal intensity in the liver, which resolved as the liver enzyme levels returned to normal values.
Hosono
M
M
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Togashi
K
K
Kawakami
S
S
Itoh
K
K
Fukuoka
M
M
Kobayashi
F
F
Mori
T
T
Konishi
J
J
D000328:Adult; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy