title: Ultra-early magnetic resonance imaging findings of eclampsia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the very early magnetic resonance imaging features of eclampsia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Inpatient neurology service.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 35-year-old woman who developed late postpartum eclampsia with cerebral edema, caudate hemorrhage, and ischemic strokes. Main Outcome Measure Very early magnetic resonance imaging features.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium showed posterior sulcal hyperintensity and leptomeningeal enhancement preceding the development of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, hemorrhage, and ischemic strokes by days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Magnetic resonance imaging with gadolinium shows early characteristic findings that precede the more classic clinical presentation of eclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Stroke Division, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. kazuman1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Farzaneh A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Sorond
authors.forename: Allan H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ropper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy