title: A rare entity in ED: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
abstract: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a clinico-neuroradiologic entity with typical symptoms and symmetric high-signal intensity lesions in the bilateral parietooccipital lobes on T2-weighted or fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. In this presentation, we report a case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome who was admitted to our emergency department because of seizure and deterioration of consciousness. The aim of this presentation is to alert the emergency physicians about one of the hypertensive emergencies with neurologic symptoms associated with hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Fatih
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Yetkin
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Salt
authors.forename: Polat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Durukan
authors.forename: Fusun Ferda
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D054038:Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed