Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome with Involvement of the Cervical Cord and Medulla: a Case Report
Published: January 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.5376
Xuan Hou, Jinfeng Xu, Zao Chen, GG Uoliang Li, Hong Jiang
1. Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
2. Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Chinese Medicine Hospital , Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, P. R. China.
3. Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
4. Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
5. Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, State Key Lab of Medical Genetics,
Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
Correspondence
Dr. Hong Jiang,
Faculty, Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan-410008, P. R. China.
E-mai : huangteng2017@163.com
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.
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