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Table 2 MRI hyperintensity changes in 18 cases

From: Severe pre-eclamptic women with headache: is posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome an associated concurrent finding?

Localized area

n: 8

 Occipital lobe

6 + (SWI in 2)a

 Temporal lobe

0

 Parietal lobe

0

 Frontal lobe

0

 Basal ganglia / cerebellum

0

Multiple areas

n: 7 (include one PRES)

 Frontal lobe + Parietal lobe

1

 Basal ganglia/cerebellum + Occipital lobe

0

 Frontal lobe +Temporal lobe + Parietal lobe + Occipital lob

2

 Temporal lobe + Occipital lobe

3

 Cerebellum / brainstem + Basal ganglia / thalamus + Occipital lobe + Temporal lobe

1

No abnormality

n: 3

  1. aSWI susceptibility-weighted imaging