title: [Hypertensive encephalopathy: contribution of magnetic resonance].
abstract: We report a patient with hypertensive encephalopathy and we analyze his clinical and neurological imaging peculiarities. Computed tomography showed hypodense corticosubcortical lesions, whereas magnetic resonance scan disclosed extensive, wholly reversible enhanced signal lesions due to cerebral edema.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Provincial, Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Requena
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pose
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pereiro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barba
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Encefalopatía hipertensiva: aportación de la resonancia magnética.