A Case of Post-Transfusion Posterior Leukoencephalopathy with Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema.
- Author:
Jong Yun LEE
1
;
Sun Ah PARK
;
Seung Koo LEE
;
Kyoung HEO
;
Byung In LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Shinchondong, Seodaemun-gu, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul, 120-752, Korea. kheo@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Posterior leukoencephalopathy;
Transfusion;
Diffusion-weighted image
- MeSH:
Edema*;
Humans;
Leukoencephalopathies*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2003;21(1):97-100
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a patient who developed posterior leukoencephalopatty (PLE) after a transfusion with vasospasm and both features of cytotoxic and vasogenic edema. The cytotoxic edema developed in the cerebral region hemodynamically more compromised. Different mechanisms may occur in PLE according to the degree of ischemic burden related to vasospasm.
