Severe form of Reversible Posterior Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) in a Patient with Lupus
Published: 2023-09-16
Page: 166-169
Issue: 2023 - Volume 6 [Issue 1]
Benani Mohamed *
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Hanae El Ghiati
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Chouikh Chakib
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Yassine El Adraoui
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Bouayida Ayoub
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Touab Rida
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohamed Rabii Andaloussi
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Khalil Mounir
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
Hicham Balkhi
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
PRES represents a clinico-radiological syndrome indicating spontaneously reversible cerebral distress. It associates predominantly neurological manifestations with white matter signal abnormalities on brain magnetic resonance imaging.
The purpose of our work is to highlight the clinical and evolutionary characteristics of severe forms of PRES, aiming to derive therapeutic and prognostic considerations.
We present a case of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by nephropathy, in whom the diagnosis of PRES was established, with a favourable outcome under treatment.
Keywords: Pres, lupus, reversible cerebral distress