title: Reversible hypertensive encephalomyelopathy - the spinal variant of the posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome.
abstract: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterised clinically by encephalopathy, headache, visual disturbance and/or focal neurological symptoms. Bilateral cerebral oedema on T2 MRI sequences within the posterior cerebral white matter is the radiological hallmark, although involvement of the frontal lobe, basal ganglia and brainstem can occur. PRES with spinal cord involvement has been rarely reported and is under-recognised due to lack of myelopathic features in nearly half of the reported cases. We report a patient with PRES with spinal cord involvement and review the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Auckland City Hospital, Private Bag 92 024, Auckland Mail Centre, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. teddyyhwu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Teddy Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Diana Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kenedi
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Dean H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kilfoyle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D054038:Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology