Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Unmasking Acute Glomerulonephritis
Published: January 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.3818
Sathish Kumar .S, Kumar. M, Shobhana. S, Sowmya Sampath, R. Kulandai Kasthuri
1. Senior Resident, Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGI MSR, K.K.Nagar Chennai, India.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGI MSR, K.K.Nagar Chennai, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGI MSR, K.K.Nagar Chennai, India.
4. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGI MSR, K.K.Nagar Chennai, India.
5. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, ESI PGI MSR, K.K.Nagar Chennai, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sathish Kumar S.,
No. 3/5 LIC colony 4th Cross street Pammal Chennai -75, India.
Phone: 7299825265, Email : Sat.sugan@yahoo.co.in
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a recently described condition, wherein there is vasogenic oedema, seen on neuroimaging, predominantly over the parieto occipital regions of the cerebrum. Though, as the name implies, the condition is reversible, there may be fatalities and neurological sequelae. We are reporting a 9-year-old female child in whom the typical clinical and neurological findings of PRES were caused by an atypical presentation of acute glomerulonephritis
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