Ultra-early magnetic resonance imaging findings of eclampsia.
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.
Nakagawa
Kazuma
K
Stroke Division, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. kazuman1@hotmail.com
Sorond
Farzaneh A
FA
Ropper
Allan H
AH
D000328:Adult; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy