Hypertensive brain stem encephalopathy: clinically silent massive edema of the pons
| Autor: | A Marino, F Morello, M Cigolini, F Cappellari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Hypertensive encephalopathy Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Encephalopathy Brain Edema Dermatology Hypertensive Encephalopathy Pons Edema medicine Humans medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Headache Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Hyperintensity Psychiatry and Mental health Blood pressure Neurology (clinical) Headaches medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Neurological Sciences. 22:317-320 |
| ISSN: | 1590-3478 1590-1874 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10072-001-8174-7 |
| Popis: | Hypertensive encephalopathy is a medical emergency whose clinical manifestations are associated with bilateral parieto-occipital lesions. We describe a case of hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy in which high blood pressure was accompanied only by nuchal headaches of violent onset. T2-weighted magnetic resonance images showed hyperintensity and edema of the pons without any parietooccipital lesions, but with hyperintense lesions at the level of the basal nuclei, insula and temporal lobes. The lesions rapidly regressed once the hypertension had been controlled. |
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