Malignant Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Case of Posterior Irreversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
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Malignant Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Case of Posterior Irreversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Dear Editor, Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiologic syndrome characterized by predominant parietal and occipital lobe edema that is mainly reversible within a few days.1,2 However, many atypical patterns have been identified.3 Reversibility is not always achieved,3 which exposes a contradiction in this supposedly benign entity. We report the case of a 14-year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1738-6586,2005-5013
DOI: 10.3988/jcn.2016.12.2.236