Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome Sometimes Could be Irreversible

Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome Sometimes Could be Irreversible: A Case Following Tumor Lysis Syndrome in Childhood Burkitt's Lymphoma

A 9‐year‐old girl was admitted for intermittent vomiting and mass in the bilateral cheeks for 25 days. Physical examination revealed cervical lymphadenopathy, masses in both cheeks, and large intraabdominal masses. Imaging studies including ultrasonic and computed tomography (CT) scan showed extensive involvement of liver, kidneys, gastrointestinal walls, pancreas, omentum minus, bilateral ovar...

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.

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 ...

Posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome after kratom ingestion.

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome has been associated with hypertension, preeclampsia, cancer chemotherapy, and drugs of abuse, such as amphetamine and methamphetamine. We report a young man who suddenly developed severe headache, disorientation, and aphasia following ingestion of kratom and Adderall. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of his head revealed foci of vas...

Clinical spectrum of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.

BACKGROUND Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is characterized by neuroimaging findings of reversible vasogenic subcortical edema without infarction. The clinical syndrome of RPLS typically involves headache, encephalopathy, visual symptoms, and seizures. OBJECTIVE To retrospectively identify patients with RPLS with a characteristic clinical presentation and neuroimaging...