Department of Neurology, KD Memorial Superspecialty Hospital, Kolkata, India
Case Report
Neurologic Syndromes in Post-partum Women: Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) vs. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS), 2 Sides of One Coin?
Author(s): Krishnendu Choudhury* and Sitansu Sekhar Nandi
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) constitute a spectrum of
disorders characterized by acute-onset headache, altered sensorium, hypertension, visual field defect and seizures, with radiological features
of vasogenic edema particularly in parieto-occipital regions of brain. In PRES, the typical feature is vasogenic cerebral edema which is mostly
reversible, while in RCVS, cytotoxic edema may persue resulting from multifocal vasoconstriction, which is also reversible with treatment
producing complete recovery. Important causes of PRES are: Hypertension secondary to Preeclampsia/Eclampsia, Infections with or without CNS
involvement, may be bacterial or viral, occasionally Herpes simplex encephalitis. Autoimmune disease/SLE. Here we report a woman without
history of pregnancy induced hyperten.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2684-6012.2024.7.211
Journal of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery received 2 citations as per Google Scholar report