CT diagnosis of hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy (HBE): A diagnostic challenge in the emergency department

Hypertensive encephalopathy usually involves the posterior supratentorium, with uncommon involvement of the brainstem. We present a case of acute hypertensive encephalopathy of the brainstem diagnosed by means of CT. The brainstem was markedly hypodense, with no evidence of typical concomitant parie...

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Autores principales: Kraniotis, Pantelis, Zampakis, Petros, Kalogeropoulou, Christina, Kalliakmani, Pantelitsa, Petsas, Theodore
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307859
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v5i2.385

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307859
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v5i2.385

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