title: Atypical Presentation of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome in a Patient Diagnosed with Postpartum Gestational Hypertension.
abstract: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity. Preeclampsia and eclampsia are among the most common causes of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Clinically, PRES is characterised by visual disturbances, headache, nausea, change in mental status and seizure. Although treatment of the underlying cause provides clinical and radiological healing, a delay in the diagnosis and treatment can result in permanent brain damage and death. The exact incidence of new-onset postpartum hypertension is difficult to ascertain. Women with mild hypertension are usually asymptomatic; therefore, patients either can not be diagnosed or are diagnosed with late complications. With this case, we would like to present a patient who had no diagnosis of maternal hypertension or preeclampsia-eclampsia during pregnancy but, after a postpartum seizure, was diagnosed with PRES.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Şanlıurfa Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Süheyla Karadağ
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Erkoç
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Şanlıurfa Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ülkü
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Kayacan
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Şanlıurfa Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Can
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Şanlıurfa Gynecology and Obstetrics Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Halil Ertuğrul
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Çöplüoğlu
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Radiology, Şanlıurfa Mehmet Akif İnan Training and Research Hospital, Şanlıurfa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosun
keywords: Postpartum; gestational hypertension; posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome