Postictal pulmonary edema is a definite clinical entity, of which incidence is not uncommon. Two cases ofpostictal pulmonary edema due to subarachnoidal hemorrhage in 5 months old Korean infant and 10 years old Koreanboy, which are experienced by writers recently, are reported. And here the literature on the role of the centralnervous system in the genesis of pulmonary edema is reviewed.