Eclampsia-Associated Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Complicated by Intracerebral Hemorrhage: A Case Report and Review of Management Strategies

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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiological that being increasingly recognized due to the advancements in brain imaging, specifically MRI. This characterized by symptoms including, but not limited to, headache, seizures, altered mental status, and vision loss. There are various underlying etiologies which lead PRES occurrence; etiology of focus this report preeclampsia eclampsia. associated with development types intracerebral hemorrhage can detrimental even fatal consequences patient. In our case, 22-year-old female developed within one week postpartum, was complicated parenchymal fronto-parietal lobe. MRI findings were characteristic for multiple subcortical hyperintensities bilateral occipital The patient improved symptomatically after management intravenous fluids, antihypertensives, antiepileptics, antibiotics. aims explore association between preeclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E) underscore importance prompt diagnosis treatment, recovery significantly reduce morbidity mortality.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Cureus

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2168-8184']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41147