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Diffusion-weighted Imaging Shows Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema in Eclampsia
AJNR 22:1068-1070, Koch,S.,et al, 2001
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Article Abstract
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 c ytotoxic 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 all ows the early detection of ischemic infarcts in patients with eclampsia.
 
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