Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid and Hamidon, Bin Basri (2009) An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient. Neurology international, 1 (e3). pp. 7-9. ISSN 2035-8385
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Abstract
Brain edema in patients with hypertensive encephalopathy frequently affects the parietooccipital white matter. Hypertensive encephalopathy is thus included as a differential diagnosis in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome. Diffuse white matter involvement rarely occurs. We report a 41-year old woman with hypertensive encephalopathy with diffuse and non-enhancing white matter hyper-intensities throughout the whole brain on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These hyperintensities spared the grey matter on T2-weighted and FLAIR sequence. These unusual finding on brain MRI was attributed to severe vasogenic cerebral edema resulting from accelerated hypertension.
Item Type: | Article (Journal) |
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Additional Information: | 4393/5197 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cerebral edema, Vasogenic, Hypertensive encephalopathy, Magnetic resonance imaging, Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button): | Kulliyyah of Medicine > Department of Internal Medicine |
Depositing User: | Associate Professor Dr Harris Ngow Abdullah |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2011 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2011 15:38 |
URI: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/5197 |
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