Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Cesarean Section: A Case Report

FİKİR E., ÖNER Ö., ÇETİNER M., TOKUR M. E., KOÇ A., ALAN K.

Turkish Journal of Intensive Care, cilt.17, ss.226-230, 2019 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 17
  • Basım Tarihi: 2019
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/tybd.galenos.2019.19870
  • Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Intensive Care
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.226-230
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: PRES, confusion, spinal anesthesia, dural puncture, DURAL PUNCTURE, PREECLAMPSIA, ECLAMPSIA
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is an acute and severe neurological condition characterized by typical clinical and neuroradiological symptoms. Typical clinic symptoms include headache, confusion, nausea and vomiting, mental and visual alterations. Although PRES is not a complication of spinal anesthesia, it can be commonly confused with dural puncture headache that develops after spinal anesthesia. Our patient was diagnosed with PRES following a dural puncture and spinal anesthesia for cesarean section. PRES is a condition that needs multidisciplinary approach and that can heal without any sequelae.