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Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema

Acute high-altitude cerebral edema can occur in an unacclimatised individual on exposure to high altitudes and sometimes it can be fatal. Here we have described the neuroimaging features of a patient who suffered from fatal high altitude cerebral edema. Available literature is reviewed. Probable pat...

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Autores principales: Medhi, Gorky, Lachungpa, Tsella, Saini, Jitender
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_296_18
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description Acute high-altitude cerebral edema can occur in an unacclimatised individual on exposure to high altitudes and sometimes it can be fatal. Here we have described the neuroimaging features of a patient who suffered from fatal high altitude cerebral edema. Available literature is reviewed. Probable pathogenesis is discussed. The risk of acute mountain sickness is reported up to 25% in individuals who ascend to an altitude of 3500 meter and in more than 50% subjects at an altitude of 6000 meter. The lack of availability of advanced imaging facilities at such a higher altitude makes imaging of such condition a less described entity.
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spelling pubmed-63190982019-01-18 Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema Medhi, Gorky Lachungpa, Tsella Saini, Jitender Indian J Radiol Imaging Neuroradiology & Head and Neck Imaging Acute high-altitude cerebral edema can occur in an unacclimatised individual on exposure to high altitudes and sometimes it can be fatal. Here we have described the neuroimaging features of a patient who suffered from fatal high altitude cerebral edema. Available literature is reviewed. Probable pathogenesis is discussed. The risk of acute mountain sickness is reported up to 25% in individuals who ascend to an altitude of 3500 meter and in more than 50% subjects at an altitude of 6000 meter. The lack of availability of advanced imaging facilities at such a higher altitude makes imaging of such condition a less described entity. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6319098/ /pubmed/30662199 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_296_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
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title_full Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
title_fullStr Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
title_full_unstemmed Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
title_short Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
title_sort neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema
topic Neuroradiology & Head and Neck Imaging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6319098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30662199
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijri.IJRI_296_18
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