Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Thanakrishnan G

Publications

• Case Report
  Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) as an Initial Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  Author(s): Babu Philip, Sandhya Limaye, Thanakrishnan G and Arun AggarwalBabu Philip, Sandhya Limaye, Thanakrishnan G and Arun Aggarwal
  
  Background: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) refers to a clinico-radiological syndrome characterized by headache, altered mental function, visual disturbance, seizures and transient posterior changes on neuro-imaging. Case report: We present a case of a 38 year old female who presented with sudden onset behavioural change, visual disturbance and subsequent witnessed generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A cerebral MRI showed extensive signal abnormality consistent with vasogenic oedema in the cerebellar hemispheres and subcortical white matter of the occipito-parietal lobes consistent with a neuro-radiological diagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES). Conclusion: We describe a case of a dramatic first presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with neurological manifestations of PRES, occurring in the absence of accompanying evidence of l.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000144

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