Four patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension (preeclampsia-eclampsia) and neurological dysfunction unrelated to intracranial hemorrhage, cerebral venous thrombosis or preexisting neurological disorder had cranial CT [computed tomography] performed during their hospitalization. Three patients had diffuse white matter hypodensities with associated mass effect. The 4th patient had bilateral, asymmetric hypodensities confined to the basal ganglia. CT is useful in establishing an early diagnosis of the complicating neurological disorder and in providing a better understanding of the physiopathological changes seen in the brain in this condition.