MR demonstration of reversible periportal abnormal intensity in eclampsia

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1994 Jan-Feb;18(1):143-5. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199401000-00031.

Abstract

We present a patient with toxemia of pregnancy and liver dysfunction. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed diffuse periportal abnormal signal intensity in the liver, which resolved as the liver enzyme levels returned to normal values.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Eclampsia / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Diseases / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy