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Reversible Vasoconstriction Syndrome with Bilateral Basal Ganglia Hemorrhages
Author(s) -
Westover M. Brandon,
Cohen Adam B.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00645.x
Subject(s) - reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome , medicine , basal ganglia , vasoconstriction , basal (medicine) , cardiology , anesthesia , central nervous system , insulin
ABSTRACT Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is an increasingly recognized acute cerebrovascular condition that may produce myriad transient and sustained neurologic deficits as well as a host of radiologic features. We report the case of a woman with RCVS and a severe clinical syndrome with bilateral basal ganglia hemorrhages, cerebral infarctions, and marked vascular abnormalities. The patient made a near complete clinical recovery, representing an extreme and illustrative form of RCVS.