Occipital lobe epilepsy secondary to Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) during a post-partum eclampsia in Mali (West Africa)

摘要

BackgroundEclampsia is known to cause posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) that is often associated with an extensive neurovascular damage affecting preferably posterior regions, often leading to reversible cortical blindness. In spite the magnitude of these lesions, post eclamptic symptomatic epilepsy is rare. We therefore report a case of symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy secondary to PRES.