Blindness in eclampsia: CT and MR imaging

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1989 Jul;52(7):899-902. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.7.899.

Abstract

Three cases of cortical blindness complicating eclampsia are described, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray computed tomography (CT). The correspondence of MRI lesions (hyperintense on T2 weighted, and hypointense on T1 weighted sections) and low attenuation lesions on CT scan indicated ischaemia rather than haemorrhage as the pathological mechanism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Eclampsia / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ischemic Attack, Transient / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*