Hypertensive encephalopathy and reversible magnetic resonance imaging changes in a renal transplant patient.
An 18-year-old renal transplant patient presented with sudden onset of seizures almost 2 years after she received the graft. Diagnostic work-up was unrevealing except for magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities of the brain that resolved spontaneously 4 weeks later. In this brief report, we discuss the etiology of the seizures and neurological abnormalities in renal transplant patients in light of the findings of our patient.
Dedeoglu
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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York 14222, USA.
Springate
J E
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Najdzionek
J S
JS
Feld
L G
LG
D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000150:complications*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin