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An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient

Brain edema in patients with hypertensive encephalopathy frequently affects the parietooccipital white matter. Hypertensive encephalopathy is thus included as a differential diagnosis in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome. Diffuse white matter involvement rarely occurs. We report a 41...

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Main Authors: Ngow, Harris Abdullah, Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid, Hamidon, Bin Basri
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Language:English
Published: Page Press 2009
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RC Internal medicine
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spelling my.iium.irep.51972011-10-28T07:38:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5197/ An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient Ngow, Harris Abdullah Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid Hamidon, Bin Basri RC Internal medicine Brain edema in patients with hypertensive encephalopathy frequently affects the parietooccipital white matter. Hypertensive encephalopathy is thus included as a differential diagnosis in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome. Diffuse white matter involvement rarely occurs. We report a 41-year old woman with hypertensive encephalopathy with diffuse and non-enhancing white matter hyper-intensities throughout the whole brain on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These hyperintensities spared the grey matter on T2-weighted and FLAIR sequence. These unusual finding on brain MRI was attributed to severe vasogenic cerebral edema resulting from accelerated hypertension. Page Press 2009 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5197/2/Unusual_MRI_in_Hypertension.pdf Ngow, Harris Abdullah and Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid and Hamidon, Bin Basri (2009) An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient. Neurology international, 1 (e3). pp. 7-9. ISSN 2035-8385 http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/ni DOI: 10.4081/ni.2009.e3
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Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid
Hamidon, Bin Basri
An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
description Brain edema in patients with hypertensive encephalopathy frequently affects the parietooccipital white matter. Hypertensive encephalopathy is thus included as a differential diagnosis in reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome. Diffuse white matter involvement rarely occurs. We report a 41-year old woman with hypertensive encephalopathy with diffuse and non-enhancing white matter hyper-intensities throughout the whole brain on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These hyperintensities spared the grey matter on T2-weighted and FLAIR sequence. These unusual finding on brain MRI was attributed to severe vasogenic cerebral edema resulting from accelerated hypertension.
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author Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid
Hamidon, Bin Basri
author_facet Ngow, Harris Abdullah
Wan Khairina, Wan Mohd Nowalid
Hamidon, Bin Basri
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title An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
title_short An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
title_full An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
title_fullStr An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
title_full_unstemmed An unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
title_sort unsual finding of brain magnetic resonance imaging in a hypertensive patient
publisher Page Press
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/5197/2/Unusual_MRI_in_Hypertension.pdf
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