A case of eclampsia during the 18th week of gestation

Abstract

We report a rare case of eclampsia which occurred during the 18th gestational week in the absence of hydatidiform disease or Rh isoimmunization. In spite of extensive examinations during pregnancy and postpartum, we were unable to find any underlying disease, and the patient returned to being normotensive and non-proteinuric postpartum.

Late Postpartum Eclampsia at 20 Weeks' Gestation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Hashimoto et al 9 described a case of severe midtrimester preeclampsia associated with a fetus with triploidy and hydropic degeneration of the placenta. Previously published case reports of healthy women who developed eclamptic seizures at 16 weeks' 10 and at 18 weeks' gestation 11 describe the development of convulsions prior to delivery. The patient we describe developed seizures on the sixth postpartum day, 4 days after she was discharged from the hospital.…”