title: Occipital-parietal encephalopathy: a new name for an old syndrome.
abstract: A boy presented with hypertension, seizures, lethargy, headache, and occipital blindness. He improved with antihypertensive therapy. Other reported children with a similar distinctive clinical condition are compared with adults with a syndrome termed reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy. Because both gray and white matter are involved, we suggest that the name be changed to occipital-parietal encephalopathy syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, 11030, USA.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Pavlakis
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kalina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006261:Headache / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome