Open AccessUnilateral Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome after Coiling of an Aneurysm
Author(s) -
Willemijn H. F. Huijgen,
Bas van der Kallen,
Jelis Boiten,
Geert Lycklama á Nijeholt
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical neurology/the journal of clinical neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.208
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 2005-5013
pISSN - 1738-6586
DOI - 10.3988/jcn.2014.10.1.59
Subject(s) - medicine , endovascular coiling , edema , posterior cerebral artery , pathophysiology , aneurysm , radiology , ischemia , pathology , surgery , cardiology , endovascular treatment , middle cerebral artery
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) is radiologically characterized by symmetrical subcortical areas of vasogenic edema that are preferentially parieto-occipital, and it typically resolves after appropriate treatment.