Don't forget reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) / posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome(PRES)

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by a headache, seizures, altered mental status and visual loss and characterized by white matter vasogenic edema affecting the posterior occipital and parietal lobes of the brain predominantly. This clinical syndrome is increasingly recognized due to improvement and availability of brain imaging...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiologic entity. Neurotoxicity with characteristic watershed CT/MR imaging features characterize this condition. This case report describes PRES syndrome in a 35-year-old patient admitted with eclampsia. On the first postpartum day; she developed severe headache, generalized tonic-clonic seizures and visual symptoms including tr...

Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome

Hinchey et al used the term „reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome“ in 1996 to describe a syndrome characterized by headache, confusion, seizures and vision disturbances, including cortical blindness, connected with reversible changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which pointed to the white matter eodema, predominantly in the posterior brain regions (1). Initially, this ...

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.

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