Long Timothy R, Hein Barry D, Brown Michael J, Rydberg Charlotte H, Wass C Thomas
Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
J Clin Anesth. 2007 Mar;19(2):145-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2006.07.004.
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome refers to a neuroradiologic disorder in which seizure activity (multiple seizures are more common than single events) is commonly the initial presenting symptom. We describe a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a previously healthy parturient who presented to the labor and delivery suite with generalized tonic-clonic seizures. Prompt recognition and treatment of this potentially catastrophic disease may avert injury to the patient and neonate.
