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| Year : 2014 | Volume
: 9
| Issue : 1 | Page : 42-44 |
Unusual presentation of poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Syed Ahmed Zaki, Preeti Shanbag
Department of Pediatrics, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Syed Ahmed Zaki
Room No. 509, New RMO quarters, Shastri Galli, Sion, Mumbai - 400 022, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.131484
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare clinicoradiologic condition manifesting with headache, seizures, altered sensorium, visual disturbances, and characteristic lesions on neuroimaging predominantly affecting the posterior regions of the brain. We report a case of an 8-year-old boy with poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, presenting as PRES. A magnetic resonance imaging showed hyperintense lesions in bilateral frontal and parietooccipital parenchyma on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and T2-weighted images, suggestive of "PRES." Patient made a complete neurological recovery without any deficit.
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