PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Koch, Sebastian
AU  - Rabinstein, Alejandro
AU  - Falcone, Steven
AU  - Forteza, Alejandro
TI  - Diffusion-weighted Imaging Shows Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema in Eclampsia
DP  - 2001 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1068--1070
VI  - 22
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/6/1068.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/22/6/1068.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2001 Jun 01; 22
AB  - Summary: In eclampsia, MR imaging shows reversible T2 hyperintensities in a parietal and occipital distribution. Findings on diffusion-weighted images suggest that these abnormalities are areas of vasogenic edema. We describe the presence of both cytotoxic and vasogenic edema, as detected by diffusion-weighted imaging, in a woman with eclampsia. Follow-up MR imaging showed that the regions of cytotoxic edema progressed to cerebral infarction. This case suggests that diffusion-weighted imaging allows the early detection of ischemic infarcts in patients with eclampsia.