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KMID : 1103720080590020065
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
2008 Volume.59 No. 2 p.65 ~ p.73
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CT and MR Findings of Neurological Disorders Associated with Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Kim Jee-Young
Kim Young-Joo
Kim Bum-Soo
Ahn Kook-Jin
Hahn Seong-Tae
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Abstract
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The onset of pregnancy may predispose women to a variety of neurological diseases due to changes in their hemodynamics, hormonal effects, and complications associated with childbirth. The spectrum of neurological disorders associated with pregnancy and childbirth include hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhaging, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) (secondary to eclampsia), Wernicke encephalopathy, cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, Sheehan’s syndrome, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (secondary to pulmonary amniotic fluid embolism), multifocal infarctions, and extra-potine myelinolysis. The recognition of the various imaging findings of these diseases, along with the clinical presentations, should aid in their early diagnosis and prompt treatment. The purpose of this pictorial assay is to describe the characteristic CT and MR findings of these diseases with a literature review to explain the mechanisms and clinical symptoms.
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KEYWORD
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Brain, Pregnancy Complications, Childbirth, Tomography, X-Ray computed, Magnetic resonance(MR)
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