Sk. Feske et al., EXTENSIVE REVERSIBLE BRAIN MAGNETIC-RESONANCE LESIONS IN A PATIENT WITH HELLP-SYNDROME, Journal of neuroimaging, 7(4), 1997, pp. 247-250
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17
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
A severe form of toxemia of pregnancy with microangiopathic hemolytic
anemia, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets has been called the
HELLP syndrome. A patient with the HELLP syndrome developed a severe,
reversible encephalopathy. Brain computed tomography and magnetic reso
nance imaging showed abnormalities consistent with edema limited to th
e posterior circulation territory. The location of the lesions and the
ir occurrence in the HELLP syndrome support suggestions that the vulne
rability of posterior structures in eclamptic encephalopathy is due to
a vascular susceptibility of the posterior circulation and that endot
helial cell dysfunction plays an important role in the pathogenesis of
eclamptic encephalopathy.