A rare entity in ED: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

YETKİN, MEHMET; Salt, Ömer; DURUKAN, POLAT

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2012.02.003

A rare entity in ED: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

YETKİN M. F., Salt O., DURUKAN P.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.30, sa.9, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 9
Basım Tarihi: 2012
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.02.003
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Erciyes Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a cliniconeuroradiologic entity with typical symptoms and symmetric high-signal intensity lesions in the bilateral parietooccipital lobes on T2-weighted or fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. In this presentation, we report a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome who was admitted to our emergency department because of seizure and deterioration of consciousness. The aim of this presentation is to alert the emergency physicians about one of the hypertensive emergencies with neurologic symptoms associated with hypertension.