Hemorrhagic stroke with intraventricular extension in the setting of acute posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): case report.
We report the case of an eighteen year-old pregnant female with preeclampsia and florid signs and symptoms of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in whom intracerebral hemorrhage was evidenced following delivery. Management included blood pressure control, external ventricular drainage and lumboperitoneal shunt. To our knowledge this is the first report of intracranial hemorrhage occurring concurrently with peripartum acute PRES. This case was successfully treated with good outcome upon conclusion of management, thus making awareness of this potentially fatal complication and its suggested management for successful outcome necessary for neurosurgeons, neurologists and intensivists alike.
Gasco
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J
Division of Neurological Surgery at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-0517, USA.
Rangel-Castilla
L
L
Clark
S
S
Franklin
B
B
Satchithanandam
L
L
Salinas
P
P
D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome