Open AccessPosterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Involvement of the Cervical Cord and Medulla: a Case Report
Author(s) -
Xuan Hou,
Jinfeng Xu,
Zao Chen,
Gguoliang Li,
Hong Jiang
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/10756.5376
Subject(s) - posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , medulla , medicine , neuroimaging , spinal cord , encephalopathy , pathology , anatomy , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , psychiatry
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurotoxic state, which is associated with symmetrical subcortical areas of vasogenic oedema that are preferentially parieto-occipital, and it typically resolves within a few weeks after appropriate treatment, We hereby report a case of a female with adrenal tumour presenting with PRES, who was featured by a very rare neuroimaging manifestation, the involvement of cervical cord and medulla.