Reversibleblindnessand preeclampsia

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Published May 15, 2018
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Vol. 95 No. 12 (2017): Issue Dec 2017

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Mohamed Adnane Berdai
Smael Labib
Mustapha Harandou

Abstract

Neurological manifestations of preeclampsia are serious and very variable. We report the case of a woman at 34 weeks gestation with preeclampsia who developed blindness within hours without alteration of consciousness. The imagery was in favor of posterior reversible encephalopathy. The therapeutic management consisted of emergency fetal extraction, the administration of antihypertensive drugs and magnesium sulfate. The outcome was favorable with complete recovery of visual function.
This case reflects the heterogeneity of the clinical presentation of preeclampsia, as the only neurological manifestation was cortical blindness, with no associated consciousness disorder.

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Pregnancy, preeclampsia, cortical blindness

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