RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in a patient with late postpartum eclampsia
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr2013203162
DO 10.1136/bcr-2013-203162
VO 2014
A1 Jharendra P Rijal
A1 Smith Giri
A1 Suvash Dawadi
A1 Khagendra V Dahal
YR 2014
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2014/bcr-2013-203162.abstract
AB 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.