Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): A case report

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Patients with preeclampsia or eclampsia may be associated hypertension, seizures and other neurologic symptoms deficits. A young female patient presented a neurological visual disturbance which included variable like disturbances, headache, altered consciousness mental status history of postpartum after an uneventful LUCS. She also gave two-bag blood transfusion one month ago. ophthalmic evaluation was performed. Detailed taking clinical followed by imaging study, potentially magnetic resonance (MRI), helped to confirm the diagnosis Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). PRES is clinico-neuroradiological disorder neurotoxicity that typically involves confusion, seizures, occasionally loss vision. The exact pathophysiology still unclear has not been thoroughly explained. Hypertension endothelial cell injury pathognomic. Prompt management help recover early.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2395-1443', '2395-1451']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijceo.2022.116