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KMID : 1130620070030010050
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Journal of Clinical Neurology
2007 Volume.3 No. 1 p.50 ~ p.52
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Two Cases of Hypertensive Encephalopathy Involving the Brainstem
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Kang Sa-Yoon
Choi Jay-Chol
Kang Ji-Hoon
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Abstract
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Hypertensive encephalopathy is a medical emergency whose clinical manifestations are usually associated with bilateral parieto-occipital lesions. Predominant brainstem edema without accompanying occipital lesions is rare in hypertensive encephalopathy and usually occurs in patients with secondary hypertension. We describe the clinical and radiological features of two patients with reversible hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy. Both patients had chronic renal failure, but the extensive neuroimaging abnormalities revealed few clinical features of brainstem involvement. The clinical findings and neuroimaging abnormalities resolved once the hypertension was treated
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KEYWORD
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Hypertension, Brainstem, Hypertensive encephalopathy
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