A Case of Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome Resulted from Malignant Hypertension

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome.

Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome

Hinchey et al used the term „reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome“ in 1996 to describe a syndrome characterized by headache, confusion, seizures and vision disturbances, including cortical blindness, connected with reversible changes on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which pointed to the white matter eodema, predominantly in the posterior brain regions (1). Initially, this ...

[Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome associated with carbamazepine-induced hypertension].

A 21-year-old man developed idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia, and was admitted to our hospital. Although neuralgia was promptly resolved after oral carbamazepine (CBZ) administration, he developed arterial hypertension (from 110/60 mmHg to 170/126 mmHg) followed by consciousness disturbance several days after the initiation of carbamazepine. MRI T2-weighted, FLAIR and ADC images demonstrated tra...

Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome caused by tacrolimus: a case report

Objective: Explore the clinical and imaging manifestation in one case of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) after treatment with tacrolimus. Methods: The clinical and imaging data of this RPLS patient was retrospectively analyzed. Results: MR imaging showed abnormal signals bilaterally in both hemispheres of the cerebellum, the cortex, and in the subcortical area. Low sign...

Fatal atypical reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome: a case report

UNLABELLED INTRODUCTION Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome - a reversible subacute global encephalopathy clinically presenting with headache, altered mental status, visual symptoms such as hemianopsia or cortical blindness, motor symptoms, and focal or generalized seizures - is characterized by a subcortical vasogenic edema symmetrically affecting posterior brain regions. Comp...