title: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a child with meningitis presenting with transient visual loss and hypertension.
abstract: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinico- radiological syndrome characterized clinically by headache, seizures, visual disturbances, vomiting and radiologically by predominant posterior leukoencephalopathy. The authors report an 11-y-old boy with meningitis presenting with transient hypertension and visual loss and MRI finding compatible with the diagnosis of PRES and complete reversal of symptomatology within 10 d. A wide plethora of tests carried out failed to identify the cause of transient hypertension with a probability of this being due to transient autonomic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi, 110002, India.
authors.forename: Malavika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panda
authors.forename: Deepika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rustogi
authors.forename: Ankur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Sapna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: R N Mandal
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Ravi
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000150:complications*; D054038:Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / Q000150:complications*