Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema

High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a rare condition of acute mountain sickness that manifests as consciousness disturbance and truncal ataxia. Neuroimaging shows vasogenic edema with microbleeds in the white matter and the corpus callosum. We herein report a case of HACE in which the patient sho...

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Autores principales: Urushida, Yuki, Kikuchi, Yutaro, Shimizu, Chisato, Amari, Masakuni, Kawarabayashi, Takeshi, Nakamura, Takumi, Ikeda, Yoshio, Takatama, Masamitsu, Shoji, Mikio
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33229804
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5747-20
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author Urushida, Yuki
Kikuchi, Yutaro
Shimizu, Chisato
Amari, Masakuni
Kawarabayashi, Takeshi
Nakamura, Takumi
Ikeda, Yoshio
Takatama, Masamitsu
Shoji, Mikio
author_facet Urushida, Yuki
Kikuchi, Yutaro
Shimizu, Chisato
Amari, Masakuni
Kawarabayashi, Takeshi
Nakamura, Takumi
Ikeda, Yoshio
Takatama, Masamitsu
Shoji, Mikio
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description High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a rare condition of acute mountain sickness that manifests as consciousness disturbance and truncal ataxia. Neuroimaging shows vasogenic edema with microbleeds in the white matter and the corpus callosum. We herein report a case of HACE in which the patient showed widespread hyperintense signals with extensive microbleeds in the white matter and corpus callosum on MRI, as well as cognitive dysfunction. Rehabilitation to improve the higher brain function facilitated the recovery of the patient's cognitive impairment and was accompanied by improved MRI findings.
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spelling pubmed-81129752021-05-18 Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema Urushida, Yuki Kikuchi, Yutaro Shimizu, Chisato Amari, Masakuni Kawarabayashi, Takeshi Nakamura, Takumi Ikeda, Yoshio Takatama, Masamitsu Shoji, Mikio Intern Med Case Report High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a rare condition of acute mountain sickness that manifests as consciousness disturbance and truncal ataxia. Neuroimaging shows vasogenic edema with microbleeds in the white matter and the corpus callosum. We herein report a case of HACE in which the patient showed widespread hyperintense signals with extensive microbleeds in the white matter and corpus callosum on MRI, as well as cognitive dysfunction. Rehabilitation to improve the higher brain function facilitated the recovery of the patient's cognitive impairment and was accompanied by improved MRI findings. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020-11-23 2021-04-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8112975/ /pubmed/33229804 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5747-20 Text en Copyright © 2021 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Urushida, Yuki
Kikuchi, Yutaro
Shimizu, Chisato
Amari, Masakuni
Kawarabayashi, Takeshi
Nakamura, Takumi
Ikeda, Yoshio
Takatama, Masamitsu
Shoji, Mikio
Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title_full Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title_fullStr Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title_full_unstemmed Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title_short Improved Neuroimaging Findings and Cognitive Function in a Case of High-altitude Cerebral Edema
title_sort improved neuroimaging findings and cognitive function in a case of high-altitude cerebral edema
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112975/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33229804
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5747-20
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