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Severe complications of preeclampsia include: 1  eclampsia â potentially fatal seizures caused by high intracranial (in the head) blood pressure. 2  cerebral (brain) hemorrhage due to burst blood vessels in the brain (the main cause of maternal death) 3  retinal detachment, which may lead to blindness.  ruptured liver.
These additional symptoms are the background on which a diagnosis of eclampsia is made, but they are not required for diagnosis. In the presence of high blood pressure, seizures or coma are the defining symptoms of eclampsia, and the only symptom required for diagnosis.