REVERSIBLE POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY IN A CHILD WITH ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS: FOLLOW-UP MR IMAGING

Authors : Alpay Alkan, Ramazan Kutlu, Tamer Baysal, Ahmet Sığırcı, Ergun Sönmezgöz, Cengiz Yakıncı

Pages : 214-218

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Publication Date : 2016-12-03

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :Hypertensive encephalopathy is the most common cause of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome, which is quite rare in the pediatric age group. Diffuse vasogenic edema in the posterior circulation territories at the initial stages and complete disappearance of edema on follow-up imaging is the characteristic feature of this syndrome. Frontal and temporal lobe involvement is rarely seen. In this report we present the follow-up MR and diffusion weighted imaging findings of reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome in a pediatric case with this rare involvement in addition to characteristic involvement localization. Key Words: Reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy, Glomerulonephritis, MR imaging.
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