A Case of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) with Chronic Renal Failure
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Objective: The posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical and radiological entity. Methods: We present a patient with predialysis CRF and PRES. Patient: A 16-year-old man with predialysis CRF admitted with headache and confusion to emergency clinic. Cranial and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were studied and PRES signs were seen in the bilateral parieto-occipital region. Results: All PRES signs of the patient improved at the 3rd month. Conclusion: PRES in the patients with CRF was known as uncommon condition. But PRES should be brought to mind, if there is an uremic and/or hypertensive encephalophathy. *Corresponding author: Ibrahim Guney, Nephrology Department, Konya Research and Training Hospital, Konya, Turkey, Tel: 0090-3323236709; E-mail: [email protected] Received January 19, 2012; Accepted March 23, 2012; Published March 25, 2012 Citation: Guney I, Oner V, Altintepe L, Karagoz A, Yazici R (2012) A Case of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) wıth Chronic Renal Failure. J Nephrol Therapeutic 2:118. doi:10.4172/2161-0959.1000118 Copyright: © 2012 Guney I, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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