Hypertensive encephalopathy presenting with isolated brain stem and cerebellar edema

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 454-456

  Bhagavati, Satyakam ^a,b   Chum, Florence ^a   Choi, Jai ^b  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Encephalopathy; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSMETRIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAPILLEDEMA;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53149133919     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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