title: Multiple brain infarcts associated with severe preeclampsia.
abstract: Posterior occipital and parietal lobe infarcts shown by computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging have been associated with eclampsia. Gray-white matter, infarct-like lesions of the right basal ganglia, right posterior parietal, and left posterior parieto-occipital lobes were found by CT scan in a patient at 26 weeks gestation with severe preeclampsia and neurologic deficits. A magnetic resonance image taken 3 days postpartum had similar abnormalities, despite total resolution of the patient's symptomatology. A repeat CT scan performed 6 weeks postpartum showed complete resolution of the multiple infarctions. This is a unique case report that describes these severe brain-imaging findings in a patient with severe preeclampsia and neurologic deficits.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors: V L
authors: VL
authors: Schimp
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Hallak
authors: K S
authors: KS
authors: Puder
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Orabi
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Gonik