A Case of Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Involving in the Spinal Cord with Pheochromocytoma.
- Author:
Seung Won LEE
1
;
Su Young HONG
;
Young Seok LEE
;
Sun Seob CHOI
;
Kyu Geun HWANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. kghyang@dau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome;
gbvHypertension;
Neuroimaging;
Brain stem
- MeSH:
Blood Pressure;
Brain Stem;
Cerebellum;
Cerebrum;
Child;
Edema;
Female;
Headache;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Hypertensive Encephalopathy;
Leukoencephalopathies*;
Neuroimaging;
Pheochromocytoma*;
Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome;
Seizures;
Spinal Cord*
- From:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
2005;13(1):109-113
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy with hypertension is characterized by an acute and severe rise in blood pressure with headache, altered mental status, cortical visual disturbance, seizure and transient edematous changes in neuroimaging. The most common abnormality in neuroimaging is presumed edema involving the cortical and subcortical white matter predominant in the posterior region of the cerebral hemisphere and rarely the cerebellum and the brain stem, but not in the spinal cord. We experienced a case of 10-year-old girl with hypertensive encephalopathy involving the brainstem and the spinal cord.
