Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in a patient with late postpartum eclampsia

BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Feb 27:2014:bcr2013203162. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-203162.

Abstract

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a reversible neurological entity characterised by seizure, headaches, visual symptoms, impaired consciousness and other focal neurological findings. It is caused by a wide variety of causes ultimately leading to a vasogenic cerebral oedema of occipital and parietal lobes of the brain. We present here a young woman with headache, generalised tonic-clonic seizures and cortical blindness in a late postpartum stage. Reversibility of the symptoms and characteristic imaging findings led us to a diagnosis of PRES in our patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Eclampsia / diagnosis*
  • Eclampsia / drug therapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / complications
  • Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / drug therapy
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Pregnancy