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
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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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author Kraniotis, Pantelis
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Petsas, Theodore
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description 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 parieto-occipital involvement. The patient’s symptoms and imaging findings improved after hypertension had been controlled.
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spelling pubmed-48982212016-06-15 CT diagnosis of hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy (HBE): A diagnostic challenge in the emergency department Kraniotis, Pantelis Zampakis, Petros Kalogeropoulou, Christina Kalliakmani, Pantelitsa Petsas, Theodore Radiol Case Rep Article 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 parieto-occipital involvement. The patient’s symptoms and imaging findings improved after hypertension had been controlled. Elsevier 2015-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4898221/ /pubmed/27307859 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v5i2.385 Text en © 2010 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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