Open AccessPosterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with spinal cord involvement (PRES-SCI): A case report
Author(s) -
Harsh Vardhan Khokhar,
Pradeep Choudhary,
Sangeeta Saxena,
Mohamed Arif
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.165456
Subject(s) - posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , medicine , spinal cord , encephalopathy , henoch schonlein purpura , purpura (gastropod) , spinal cord injury , anesthesia , pediatrics , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , vasculitis , radiology , disease , ecology , biology
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with spinal cord involvement (PRES-SCI) is a recently described entity with a handful of cases reported in literature. We describe a case of PRES in setting of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) with involvement of brain stem and spinal cord.