A 52-year-old lady with post operative reversible blindness and hemiparesis

Benti, H.; Assefa, G.

Ethiopian Medical Journal 51(1): 85-89

2013


ISSN/ISBN: 0014-1755
PMID: 23930496
Document Number: 664955
A 52-year-old lady developed cortical blindness followed by left sided hemiparesis after cholecystectomy, both of which resolved remarkably. A diagnosis of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) was made based on characteristic clinical and MRI features.

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