PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Madaelil, Thomas Philip
AU  - Dhar, Rajat
TI  - Republished: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with thalamic involvement during vasopressor treatment of vertebrobasilar vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2015-012103.rep
DP  - 2016 Nov 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - e45--e45
VI  - 8
IP  - 11
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/8/11/e45.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/8/11/e45.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2016 Nov 01; 8
AB  - Hemodynamic augmentation is the primary medical intervention employed to reverse neurological deficits associated with vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Failure to improve despite induced hypertension (IH) may raise concern for persistent hypoperfusion and prompt even more aggressive blood pressure augmentation. However, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a hyperperfusion syndrome reported as a rare complication of IH that may confound this picture. We report a case of PRES with prominent thalamic involvement and impaired level of consciousness secondary to blood pressure augmentation for the treatment of symptomatic vertebrobasilar vasospasm. Recognition of this syndrome in distinction to worsening ischemia is particularly critical, as normalization of blood pressure should lead to rapid clinical improvement.