Case: PRES or mets?

Naoum P. Issa MD PhD — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:46:53 +0000

Case history: 55 year old female with history of lung adenocarcinoma presents with difficulty seeing. She was treated with carboplatin and paclitaxil two months prior to admission. CT head showed hypodensities in bilateral posterior white matter, as shown below. What is your diagnosis? Initial interpretation based on posterior hypodensity was like PRES (Posterior Reversible […]

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PRES – Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Christopher Buckle MD — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:12:34 +0000

PRES is an disorder of cerebrovascular autoregulation commonly associated with hypertension and previosly referred to as eclampsia. Poor sympathetic regulation of the posterior cerebral arteries makes PRES more likely to involve the posterior circulation, especially the parietal and occipital lobes. Diagnosis: Posterior Reversible Leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) Figure 1: Top left. Axial FLAIR demonstrates bilaterally symmetric […]

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Case: PRES or mets?

PRES – Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome