A broad spectrum of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome - a case series with clinical and paraclinical characterisation, and histopathological findings

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Ismail, Fatme Seval, van de Nes, Johannes, Kleffner, Ilka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 06.10.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Autopsies; Autopsy; Blood pressure; Brain stem; Cancer; Cerebellum; Chemotherapy; Convulsions & seizures; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Disease; Edema; Encephalopathy; Endothelial cells; Epilepsy; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Histopathological findings; Hospitals; Hypertension; Intensive care; Ischemia; Leukemia; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Multiple myeloma; Patients; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES); Prostate; Reversibility; Seizures; Stem cell transplantation; Ultrasonic imaging; Germany
• ISSN: 1471-2377; 1471-2377
• DOI: 10.1186/s12883-021-02408-0

Background Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is clinical-neuroradiologically defined and potentially reversible, so there are limited data about histopathological findings. We aimed to describe the clinical and paraclinical features of patients with PRES with regard to its reversib...