Abstract
PRES is a clinico-radiological syndrome first described in 1996 in an individual receiving immunosuppression with cyclosporine. Hypertension, occipital blindness, lethargy, transient motor deficits, confusion, visual hallucination and convulsion (GTCS >Focal) constitute PRES(9).
PRES is a neurotoxic state associated with unique MRI changes
Keywords: PRES, Hyponatremia, HTN, convulsion, MRI.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Soumya Ranjan Samal
Junior Resident, Dept of Paediatrics, MKCG Medical College, Berhampur, Odisha
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i1.11
