Date of Presentation
5-6-2021 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical and radiographic syndrome that describes certain neuroimaging findings in association with clinical symptoms such as headache, seizure, encephalopathy and vision changes. Classically, PRES is associated with poorly controlled hypertension, and patients present with elevated blood pressure in addition to their symptoms. Most importantly, imaging findings and symptoms are typically reversible, and are a separate entity from ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents or autoimmune causes of similar symptoms, such as multiple sclerosis.
Keywords
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome, Neuroimaging, case reports, PRES, hypertension
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Emergency Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nervous System Diseases | Neurology | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Diagnosis Commons, Emergency Medicine Commons, Nervous System Diseases Commons, Neurology Commons, Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Commons, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Commons
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES)
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical and radiographic syndrome that describes certain neuroimaging findings in association with clinical symptoms such as headache, seizure, encephalopathy and vision changes. Classically, PRES is associated with poorly controlled hypertension, and patients present with elevated blood pressure in addition to their symptoms. Most importantly, imaging findings and symptoms are typically reversible, and are a separate entity from ischemic or hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accidents or autoimmune causes of similar symptoms, such as multiple sclerosis.