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Burile GC, Seth NH, Raghuveer R. Exploring the Impact of Neurophysiotherapy in Managing Leukoencephalopathy Challenges: A Case Report. Cureus 2024; 16:e56452. [PMID: 38638743 PMCID: PMC11025020 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.56452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Leukoencephalopathy (LE), characterized by structural changes affecting cerebral white matter, presents a complex clinical picture with diverse etiologies. This case report details the presentation, clinical findings, and physiotherapy management of a 32-year-old female with colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor (CSF1R)-related leukoencephalopathy and a history of diabetes and hypertension. She suddenly stopped her medications, which led to the worsening of her condition. She presented with symptoms of headache, slurred speech, visual disturbances, cognitive impairment, and impaired balance and coordination, due to which her activities of daily living were affected. The symptoms highlighted the challenges and multidisciplinary approach required for its management. The patient exhibited neurological deficits, cognitive decline, and abnormal reflexes, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealing white matter abnormalities. Outcome measures demonstrated significant improvements in cognitive and functional abilities, emphasizing the effectiveness of tailored rehabilitation in managing the complexities of colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor-related leukoencephalopathy. A six-week physiotherapy rehabilitation program addressed various domains, including strength training, task-specific exercises, errorless learning, facial muscle retraining, balance exercises, visual restoration therapy, and mobility training. All these interventions effectively improved her functional capacity and made the patient independent in performing activities of daily living.
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- Ghanishtha C Burile
- Neurophysiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Neurophysiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Neurophysiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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Largeau B, Le Tilly O, Sautenet B, Salmon Gandonnière C, Barin-Le Guellec C, Ehrmann S. Arginine Vasopressin and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Pathophysiology: the Missing Link? Mol Neurobiol 2019; 56:6792-6806. [PMID: 30924075 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-019-1553-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiological entity characterized by a typical brain edema. Its pathogenesis is still debated through hypoperfusion and hyperperfusion theories, which have many limitations. As PRES occurs almost exclusively in clinical situations with arginine vasopressin (AVP) hypersecretion, such as eclampsia and sepsis, we hypothesize that AVP plays a central pathophysiologic role. In this review, we discuss the genesis of PRES and its symptoms through this novel approach. We theorize that AVP axis stimulation precipitates PRES development through an increase in AVP secretion or AVP receptor density. Activation of vasopressin V1a receptors leads to cerebral vasoconstriction, causing endothelial dysfunction and cerebral ischemia. This promotes cytotoxic edema through hydromineral transglial flux dysfunction and may increase endothelial permeability, leading to subsequent vasogenic brain edema. If our hypothesis is confirmed, it opens new perspectives for better patient monitoring and therapies targeting the AVP axis in PRES.
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- Bérenger Largeau
- CHRU de Tours, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Tours, France.
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- CHRU de Tours, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Université de Nantes, INSERM, Methods in patients-centered outcomes and health research (SPHERE) - UMR 1246, CHRU de Tours, Service de Néphrologie-Hypertension artérielle, Dialyses et Transplantation Rénale, Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, Université de Limoges, INSERM, Individual profiling and prevention of risks with immunosuppressive therapies and transplantation (IPPRITT) - UMR 1248, CHRU de Tours, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Tours, France
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- Université de Tours, INSERM, Centre d'étude des pathologies respiratoires (CEPR) - UMR 1100, CHRU de Tours, Service de Médecine Intensive Réanimation, CIC 1415, réseau CRICS-TRIGGERSEP, Tours, France
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Risk Factors and Impact on the Outcome in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treated With Nordic Protocols. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2018; 40:e13-e18. [PMID: 29200159 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000001009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia has been increasingly recognized as a clinicoradiological entity. Our aim was to describe the incidence of PRES in pediatric patients with ALL, identify its risk factors, and examine its prognostic importance. For this research, we conducted a systematic, retrospective review of the patient records in a population-based series of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (n=643) treated in Finland from 1992 to 2008. Of the patients with ALL, 4.5% (n=29) developed radiologically confirmed PRES, of which 28 cases occurred during induction. Hypertension (P=0.006; odds ratio [OR], 4.10, confidence interval [CI], 1.50-11.25), constipation (P=0.001; OR, 5.60; CI, 2.02-15.52), and >14 days of alkalinization (P=0.017; OR, 3.27; CI, 1.23-8.68) were significant independent risk factors for PRES. One-third of the patients developed epilepsy. Relapses occurred significantly more often in those patients with PRES (P=0.001), which was associated with worse overall survival (P=0.040; 5-year survival=75.9% [60.3%-91.4%] vs. 88.4% [85.8%-90.9%]). Using NOPHO-ALL 92/2000 protocols, PRES is a significant early complication of therapy in ALL, and was associated with a poorer prognosis and significant neurological morbidity.
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Zekić T, Benić MS, Antulov R, Antončić I, Novak S. The multifactorial origin of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in cyclophosphamide-treated lupus patients. Rheumatol Int 2017; 37:2105-2114. [PMID: 29043491 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-017-3843-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The cyclophosphamide as a predisposing factor for Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and therapeutic option for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is still confusing. The first and only case of PRES, probably induced by cyclophosphamide, in Croatia followed by the findings of 36 SLE patients diagnosed with PRES after treatment with cyclophosphamide worldwide are described. An 18-year-old Caucasian female patient with a 1-year history of SLE was admitted to the hospital due to lupus nephritis and acute arthritis. After the second dose of cyclophosphamide was administered, according to the Euro-lupus protocol, the patient presented with a grand mal status epilepticus. The differential diagnosis of neurolupus, cerebrovascular insult, and infection were excluded. The MRI findings showed brain changes in corresponding to PRES. The treatment consisted of antihypertensives, antiepileptics, antiedema therapy, mechanical ventilation, and avoiding further cyclophosphamide use. A Naranjo Adverse Drug Reaction Probability Scale total score of five and a probable reaction related to drug therapy (cyclophosphamide, PRES) was confirmed. In this systematic review, along with cyclophosphamide use, the main predisposing factors involved in PRES occurrence in SLE patients were active SLE and renal involvement. Due to the high number of simultaneously involved predisposing factors (max. six) and their overlapping effect, it is still not possible to clearly establish the role of every factor on PRES onset. The use of cyclophosphamide, as a contributing factor for PRES onset, should be carefully assessed, based on clinicians' experience and knowledge, in the setting of active SLE.
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- Tatjana Zekić
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia.
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- Department of Radiology, Sydvestjyisk Sygehus, Esbjerg, Denmark
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- University of Rijeka Medical School, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Clinical Hospital Centre Rijeka, Krešimirova 42, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia
- University of Rijeka Medical School, Rijeka, Croatia
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Nasri A, Bedoui I, Mrissa R, Riahi A, Derbali H, Zaouali J, Messelmani M, Mansour M. Recurrent status epilepticus in posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome as initial feature of pediatric lupus: A newly diagnosed case and literature review. Brain Dev 2016; 38:835-41. [PMID: 27068876 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2016.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Revised: 03/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a recently described clinico-neuroradiological syndrome with several predisposing conditions. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), beginning in 15-20% in childhood, is considered as a potential underlying etiology of PRES. In children, status epilepticus (SE) rarely complicates PRES, and exceptionally occurs in SLE. METHODS We report on an illustrative case of PRES complicating pediatric lupus revealed by recurrent SE, and we further review through a Pubmed search the previously reported cases of pediatric SLE, PRES and SE. RESULTS We describe the case of a 12-year old girl who presented with recurrent status epilepticus associated to high blood pressure and renal involvement. Brain imaging showed classical aspects of PRES. Immunological tests including antinuclear, anti-DNA, and anticardiolipin antibodies were positive. The diagnosis of SLE was established. The Pubmed search identified a total number of 9 children with SE in SLE, and 26 with PRES, including our patient. CONCLUSIONS We discussed the clinical and paraclinical features of PRES in SLE with epilepsy, their underlying pathophysiological aspects, and their management challenges. PRES should be considered in initial recurrent SE in children, justifying a battery of tests comprising immunological testing. Anticardiolipin antibodies seem to play a crucial role in epilepsy, PRES and renal involvement in pediatric SLE. Further studies are needed to clarify whether PRES should be considered one of the neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE or a consequence of active disease in other organ systems or its treatment.
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- Amina Nasri
- Department of Neurology, Military Hospital, Tunisia.
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- Department of Neurology, Military Hospital, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, Military Hospital, Tunisia
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- Department of Neurology, Military Hospital, Tunisia
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Non-canonical manifestations of familial Mediterranean fever: a changing paradigm. Clin Rheumatol 2015; 34:1503-11. [PMID: 25761640 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-015-2916-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Paroxysmal crises of fever and systemic inflammation herald familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), considered as the archetype of all inherited systemic autoinflammatory diseases. Inflammatory bouts are characterized by short-term and self-limited abdominal, thoracic, and/or articular symptoms which subside spontaneously. Erysipelas-like findings, orchitis, and different patterns of myalgia may appear in a minority of patients. In recent years, many non-classical manifestations have been reported in the clinical context of FMF, such as vasculitides and thrombotic manifestations, neurologic and sensory organ abnormalities, gastrointestinal diseases, and even macrophage activation syndrome. As FMF left unrecognized and untreated is ominously complicated by the occurrence of AA-amyloidosis, it is highly desirable that diagnosis of this autoinflammatory disorder with its multiple clinical faces can be contemplated at whatever age and brought forward.
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Electroencephalography of encephalopathy in patients with endocrine and metabolic disorders. J Clin Neurophysiol 2014; 30:505-16. [PMID: 24084183 DOI: 10.1097/wnp.0b013e3182a73db9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Patients with acute alteration in mental status from encephalopathy because of underlying metabolic-toxic or endocrine abnormalities are frequently seen in the acute hospital setting. A rapid diagnosis and correction of the underlying cause is essential as a prolonged state of encephalopathy portends a poor outcome. Correct diagnosis and management remain challenging because several encephalopathies may present similarly, and further laboratory, imaging, or other testing may not always reveal the underlying cause. EEG provides rapid additional information on the encephalopathic patient. It may help establish the diagnosis and is indispensable for identifying nonconvulsive status epilepticus, an important possible complication in this context. The EEG may assist the clinician in gauging the severity of brain dysfunction and may aid in predicting outcome. This review summarizes the current knowledge on EEG findings in selected metabolic and endocrine causes of encephalopathy and highlights distinct EEG features associated with particular etiologies.
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Fujieda Y, Kataoka H, Odani T, Otomo K, Kato M, Fukaya S, Oku K, Horita T, Yasuda S, Atsumi T, Koike T. Clinical features of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-010-0386-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Yuichiro Fujieda
- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine,
N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan
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Gallucci M, Smith J, Limbucci N, Rossi A, Demaerel P, Krings T, Damico A, Micheli C. Pediatric Inflammatory Diseases. Neuroradiol J 2012; 25:725-38. [DOI: 10.1177/197140091202500612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Some rare neurological diseases affecting children have no well defined etiology and pathogenetic mechanisms. In this article diseases like Reye syndrome, Behçet disease, pediatric neurosarcoidosis, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome are described. Some of the main neuroradiological differential aspects are also critically considered. Reye syndrome is characterized by symmetric thalamic, white matter and basal ganglia lesions, in children with recent history of salycilates or immunosuppressive drugs intake. The most typical MRI feature of neurosarcoidosis is basilar meningeal thickening and enhancement with intraparenchymal enhancing nodules and white matter focal abnormalities. The classical distribution of lesions helps differential diagnosis with infectious meningoencephalitis. Differential diagnosis with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis his helped by the evidence of meningeal abnormalities. Neuro-Behçet is characterized by mesodiencephalic lesions in children with encephalopathy and coexistence of oral and genital ulcers and ocular abnormalities. PRES can be differentiated from vasculitis for the typical posterior white matter involvement and the different clinical features.
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- M. Gallucci
- Chair and Unit of Neuroradiology, University of L'Aquila; L'Aquila, Italy
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- Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Unit of Interventional Neuroradiology, Careggi Hospital; Firenze, Italy
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- Neuroradiology, Gaslini Children Hospital; Genoa, Italy
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- Neuroradiology, University of Leuven; Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuroradiology, Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University; Naples, Italy
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- Neuroradiology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital; Toronto, Canada
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- Radiology Unit, General Hospital of Rieti; Rieti, Italy
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Gephart MGH, Taft BP, Giese AK, Guzman R, Edwards MSB. Perioperative posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in 2 pediatric neurosurgery patients with brainstem ependymoma. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2011; 7:235-7. [PMID: 21361759 DOI: 10.3171/2010.12.peds10299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) has been described in pediatric neurooncology patients, although it has not been documented perioperatively in pediatric neurosurgery patients not actively receiving chemotherapy. Recently at the authors' facility, 2 cases of PRES were diagnosed perioperatively in children with brainstem ependymoma. Both patients had presented with hypertension, altered mental status, and seizures and demonstrated MR imaging features consistent with PRES. The patients were treated with antiseizure and antihypertension medications, leading to improvement in both clinical symptoms and neuroimaging findings. These cases are the first to document PRES in perioperative pediatric neurosurgery patients not actively receiving chemotherapy. Both patients had ependymoma involving the brainstem, which may have led to intra- and perioperative hemodynamic instability (including hypertension) and predisposed them to this syndrome. An awareness of PRES in similar scenarios will aid in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric neurosurgery patients with this syndrome.
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- Melanie G Hayden Gephart
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California 94305-5327, USA.
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is characterized by headache, altered mental status, visual disturbances, and seizures. Radiological features typically include edema of the posterior cerebral regions, especially of the parietooccipital lobes. Atypical imaging features, such as involvement of anterior cerebral regions, deep white matter, and the brain stem are also frequently seen. Vasoconstriction is common in vascular imaging. Different conditions have been associated with PRES, but toxemia of pregnancy, solid organ or bone marrow transplantation, immunosuppressive treatment, cancer chemotherapy, autoimmune diseases, and hypertension are most commonly described. The pathophysiology of PRES is unclear and different hypotheses are being discussed. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is best managed by monitoring and treatment in the setting of a neurointensive care unit. The prognosis is usually benign with complete reversal of clinical symptoms within several days, when adequate treatment is immediately initiated. Treatment of severe hypertension, seizures, and withdrawal of causative agents represent the hallmarks of specific therapy in PRES. Delay in diagnosis and treatment may lead to permanent neurological sequelae. Therefore, awareness of PRES is of crucial importance for the intensivist.
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- Dimitre Staykov
- Neurology Department, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.
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Reversible posterior leucoencephalopathy syndrome is a neurological condition seen in various areas of acute medicine, including the administration of antineoplastic therapies used in haemato-oncology patients. It is a rare complication that has been increasingly recognized. It is characterized by altered mental status, visual disturbance, headache and seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging typically shows vasogenic oedema in the posterior regions of the brain. Although its name suggests reversibility, it may result in an irreversible brain injury without prompt treatment. Therefore, it is vital for treating clinicians to recognize this syndrome. We describe the case of a 55-year-old woman with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma, who developed clinical and radiological manifestations consistent with this syndrome as a complication of gemcitabine monotherapy.
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- C H Han
- Department of Medical Oncology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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Fujieda Y, Kataoka H, Odani T, Otomo K, Kato M, Fukaya S, Oku K, Horita T, Yasuda S, Atsumi T, Koike T. Clinical features of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Mod Rheumatol 2011; 21:276-81. [PMID: 21225443 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-010-0386-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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To characterize reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS) in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in terms of treatments for resolution and its clinical course, we reviewed 28 cases of RPLS in SLE including our cases in view of the treatment. Of these, 15 cases improved with blood pressure control and 13 required immunosuppressive therapy for activity of SLE presenting neurological manifestations. Patients without immunosuppressants at onset of RPLS more frequently required immunosuppressive therapy to recover it than those precedingly using these agents [31% (4/13) versus 87% (13/15), p = 0.008, chi-square test]. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is important for diagnosis of RPLS-SLE in the patient with SLE who develops neurological disturbance and rapidly increasing blood pressure. When 7-day therapy for hypertension and convulsion does not reverse the manifestations, immunosuppressive treatments would be recommended to reverse RPLS.
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- Yuichiro Fujieda
- Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, N15W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Ulaşlı AM, Kutlu G, Kocatürk Ö, Özçakar L. Posterior reversible encephalopathy during an attack of familial Mediterranean fever. Rheumatol Int 2010; 32:1779-81. [PMID: 20306050 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1388-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Reported here is a 19-year-old female patient with familial Mediterranean fever who was seen for altered mental status and seizures. She was eventually diagnosed to have posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome. Although a variety of conditions have been reported in association with this syndrome, to our best notice, this is the second case in whom familial Mediterranean fever and posterior reversible leukoencephalopathy coexists.
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- Alper Murat Ulaşlı
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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A 10-year-old girl who presented to our hospital was diagnosed as having B-precursor cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. St Jude's Total XIII protocol was started. In the second block of the consolidation phase, 10 hours after triple intrathecal treatment, we realized that instead of 12 mg, 120 mg of methotrexate had accidentally been given. Although the patient had no symptoms 10 hours after intrathecal treatment, to prevent the possible neurotoxic effects of methotrexate, a cerebrospinal fluid exchange was performed. Simultaneously, systemic dexamethasone and calcium folinic acid were given. At the time of this writing (2 y), the patient has had no symptoms and has continued on the chemotherapy protocol as planned. Administration of high-dose intrathecal methotrexate may not lead to symptoms, as was the case in our patient. This may be related to individual variations in cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and drug metabolism.
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Legriel S, Bruneel F, Spreux-Varoquaux O, Birenbaum A, Chadenat ML, Mignon F, Abbosh N, Henry-Lagarrigue M, Revault D'Allonnes L, Guezennec P, Troche G, Bedos JP. Lysergic acid amide-induced posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with status epilepticus. Neurocrit Care 2008; 9:247-52. [PMID: 18446448 DOI: 10.1007/s12028-008-9096-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is known to occur in association with several substances. However, lysergic acid amide (LSA) is not among the previously reported causes of PRES. METHODS We report on a patient with PRES presenting as convulsive status epilepticus associated with hypertensive encephalopathy after LSA ingestion. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed and catecholamine metabolites assayed. RESULTS The patient achieved a full recovery after aggressive antihypertensive therapy and intravenous anticonvulsivant therapy. The clinical history, blood and urinary catecholamine levels, and response to treatment strongly suggest that PRES was induced by LSA. CONCLUSION LSA, a hallucinogenic agent chiefly used for recreational purposes, should be added to the list of causes of PRES.
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- Stephane Legriel
- Service de Réanimation Polyvalente, Hôpital André Mignot, 78157, Le Chesnay, France.
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Leroux G, Sellam J, Costedoat-Chalumeau N, Le Thi Huong D, Combes A, Tieulié N, Haroche J, Amoura Z, Nieszkowska A, Chastre J, Dormont D, Piette JC. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome during systemic lupus erythematosus: four new cases and review of the literature. Lupus 2008; 17:139-47. [PMID: 18250139 DOI: 10.1177/0961203307085405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) associates various neurological manifestations (headaches, seizures, altered mental status, cortical blindness, focal neurological deficits, vomiting) and transient changes on neuroimaging consistent with cerebral edema. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome mainly occurs in the setting of hypertension, eclampsia, renal failure and/or use of immunosuppressive drugs. We report four cases of PRES complicating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In all our cases, renal involvement and hypertension were present. Neurological symptoms were typical. Magnetic resonance imaging showed posterior cerebral edema and in one case hemorrhagic complication. With symptomatic treatment and immunosuppressor withdrawal when they were previously used, symptoms fully resolved within 15 days in all cases, but one who had only partial regression related to cerebral hemorrhage. Including our cases, we reviewed a total of 46 patients with SLE and PRES. Their clinical and radiological presentation was not specific. The peculiar role of SLE itself in the occurrence of PRES was not clear, since hypertension (95%), renal involvement (91%), recent onset of immunosuppressive drugs (54%) and/or recent treatment with high intravenous dose of steroids (43%) were often present. The hypertension and other worsening factors should be treated. Finally, the evolution of this clinical and radiological spectacular syndrome is generally rapidly favorable.
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- G Leroux
- Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière, 83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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Zhang YX, Liu JR, Ding MP, Huang J, Zhang M, Jansen O, Deuschl G, Eschenfelder CC. Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. Intern Med 2008; 47:867-75. [PMID: 18451582 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome (RPES) is a clinical entity characterized with headache, nausea, vomiting, seizures, consciousness disturbance, and frequently visual disorders associated with neuroradiological findings, predominantly white matter abnormalities of the parieto-occipital lobes. The central nervous system manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are highly diverse. However, SLE-associated RPES has been seldom reported. Here, we report a case with RPES in SLE and lupus nephritis with exclusive involvement of parietal and occipital cortices. A systematic review of the literature on the pathogenesis and treatment of SLE-associated RPES is included.
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- Yan-Xing Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PR China
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Abend NS, Bonnemann CG, Licht DJ. Status epilepticus secondary to hypertensive encephalopathy as the presenting manifestation of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Pediatr Emerg Care 2007; 23:659-61. [PMID: 17876260 DOI: 10.1097/pec.0b013e31814b2ddd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Malignant hypertension due to autonomic dysfunction is a known complication of Guillain-Barré syndrome. We describe a child who presented with status epilepticus secondary to hypertensive encephalopathy who, in recovery, was found to be areflexic. Nerve conduction studies confirmed the clinical diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome. She was treated with antihypertensive and antiseizure medications and intravenous immune globulin with complete resolution of her autonomic symptoms and improvement in her weakness. Guillain-Barré syndrome may result in hypertensive encephalopathy that can manifest as status epilepticus before the onset of motor symptoms.
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- Nicholas S Abend
- Division of Neurology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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