DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjmcr.2025.v13i01.016

Pages: 79-81

Eclampsia is a fatal complication of pregnancy that is rare in developed countries, whereas its incidence is more marked in developing countries and constitutes a public health problem. Although a number of risk factors have been identified, the best prevention to date is pregnancy monitoring and screening of patients with gestational hypertension. The pathophysiology of an eclampsia seizure is not well understood to date and remains the subject of hypothesis; however, disruption of the blood-brain barrier in the cerebral parenchyma remains the most widespread theory, hence the interest in close monitoring throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period when complications may also arise. We discuss a clinical case of this type.