Open AccessPosterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in scrub typhus fever
Author(s) -
Vivek Naveen,
Saurabh Gaba,
Meena Gupta,
Daljeet Kaur
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2020-237262
Subject(s) - medicine , scrub typhus , posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , context (archaeology) , encephalopathy , blood pressure , septic shock , shock (circulatory) , hypertensive encephalopathy , intracranial pressure , pediatrics , anesthesia , magnetic resonance imaging , pathology , sepsis , radiology , paleontology , biology
The clinical course of a 40-year-old female patient, who presented with acute febrile illness due to scrub typhus fever became complicated by seizures and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), leading to a fatal outcome. She had normal blood pressure at admission; however, she later developed hypotension and shock. PRES is a syndrome of vasogenic cerebral oedema and accompanying neurological deficits resulting from the breakdown of blood-brain barrier due to high blood pressure or radical blood pressure changes. PRES is a clinico-radiographic diagnosis of heterogeneous aetiologies and is rare in the context of infections. Although there are many neurological manifestations in scrub typhus, to the best of our knowledge, PRES has never been reported.