Neurological aspects of eclampsia
The difficult types of preeclampsia and eclampsia are presented with the neurological symptoms. The break of cerebral autoregulation mechanism plays the most important role in pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. Nevertheless eclampsia isn’t just an ordinary hypertensive encephalopathy because other...
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author | Jovanović Dejana Beslać-Bumbaširević Ljiljana G. Ercegovac Marko Stošić-Opinćal Tatjana L. |
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description | The difficult types of preeclampsia and eclampsia are presented with the neurological symptoms. The break of cerebral autoregulation mechanism plays the most important role in pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. Nevertheless eclampsia isn’t just an ordinary hypertensive encephalopathy because other pathogenic mechanisms are involved in its appearance. The main neuropathologic changes are multifocal vasogenic edema, perivascular multiple microinfarctions and petechial hemorrhages. Neurological clinical manifestations are convulsions, headache, visual disturbances and rarely other discrete focal neurological symptoms. Eclampsia is a high-risk factor for onset of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. This is a reason why neurological diagnostic tests are sometimes needed. The method of choice for evaluation of complicated eclampsia is computerized brain topography that shows multiple areas of hypodensity in occipitoparietal regions. These changes are focal vasogenic cerebral edema. For differential diagnosis of eclampsia and stroke other diagnostic methods can be used - fundoscopic exam, magnetic resonance brain imaging, cerebral angiography and cerebrospinal fluid exam. The therapy of eclampsia considers using of magnesium sulfate, antihypertensive, anticonvulsive and antiedematous drugs. |
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spelling | doaj.art-cc91d8dbcad242959318e8424781997c2022-12-21T19:30:26ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792003-01-011311-2606810.2298/SARH0302060JNeurological aspects of eclampsiaJovanović DejanaBeslać-Bumbaširević Ljiljana G.Ercegovac MarkoStošić-Opinćal Tatjana L.The difficult types of preeclampsia and eclampsia are presented with the neurological symptoms. The break of cerebral autoregulation mechanism plays the most important role in pathogenesis of cerebral vasospasm. Nevertheless eclampsia isn’t just an ordinary hypertensive encephalopathy because other pathogenic mechanisms are involved in its appearance. The main neuropathologic changes are multifocal vasogenic edema, perivascular multiple microinfarctions and petechial hemorrhages. Neurological clinical manifestations are convulsions, headache, visual disturbances and rarely other discrete focal neurological symptoms. Eclampsia is a high-risk factor for onset of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. This is a reason why neurological diagnostic tests are sometimes needed. The method of choice for evaluation of complicated eclampsia is computerized brain topography that shows multiple areas of hypodensity in occipitoparietal regions. These changes are focal vasogenic cerebral edema. For differential diagnosis of eclampsia and stroke other diagnostic methods can be used - fundoscopic exam, magnetic resonance brain imaging, cerebral angiography and cerebrospinal fluid exam. The therapy of eclampsia considers using of magnesium sulfate, antihypertensive, anticonvulsive and antiedematous drugs.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2003/0370-81790302060J.pdfeclampsiaetiopathogenesisneurological symptomscomputerized brain tomographystroke |
spellingShingle | Jovanović Dejana Beslać-Bumbaširević Ljiljana G. Ercegovac Marko Stošić-Opinćal Tatjana L. Neurological aspects of eclampsia Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo eclampsia etiopathogenesis neurological symptoms computerized brain tomography stroke |
title | Neurological aspects of eclampsia |
title_full | Neurological aspects of eclampsia |
title_fullStr | Neurological aspects of eclampsia |
title_full_unstemmed | Neurological aspects of eclampsia |
title_short | Neurological aspects of eclampsia |
title_sort | neurological aspects of eclampsia |
topic | eclampsia etiopathogenesis neurological symptoms computerized brain tomography stroke |
url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2003/0370-81790302060J.pdf |
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