Patchy cerebral white matter edema in chronic renal failure.
Bilateral patchy cerebral white matter edema was observed in two children with chronic renal failure. Uremia in one case and hypertension or hyponatremia in the other appeared to be the cause of the neurological and radiological findings.
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed