Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in pregnancy without pre-eclampsia

Amin, Abm Ruhul; Jones, Ian; Eskandar, Osama

doi:10.3109/01443615.2014.990434

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“…Cases of PRES in pregnancy without pre-eclampsia and prior to the 20th week of gestation cases have been reported. 8,9 Although PRES is often seen in the late post-partum period, there have been cases reported in the early period. 10 Here we report a case of superimposed pre-eclampsia and PCA in the second trimester.…”

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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Maternal Death in an Obstetric Patient: Case Report

Sargin¹,

Tuğ²,

Karadogan

et al. 2016

Hong Kong j. emerg. med.

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Cerebral events occur more often in the postpartum period and are associated with hypertensive diseases of pregnancy. Superimposed with pre-eclampsia, these cause severe complications. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome occurs because of acute elevation of blood pressure above the upper limit of cerebral blood flow auto-regulation. We present a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome that developed with superimposed pre-eclampsia resulting in intraparenchymal haemorrhage and maternal death.

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