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17380924

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PLS) is a potentially reversible syndrome that may mimic the clinical and radiological features of posterior circulation cerebral infarction. Three cases of PLS are presented which were erroneously diagnosed as strokes and treated in accordance with recent evidence based guidelines; none of the cases fulfilled the current criteria requiring treatment for hypertension in the acute stroke setting. Once the diagnosis of PLS was made, and the patients blood pressure treated aggressively, all patients had rapid and full clinical resolution of their symptoms. Given the important differences in management and prognosis, rapid and accurate diagnosis is essential. Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome needs to be considered in patients presenting with clinical and/or radiological findings that predominantly affect the occipital lobes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0332-3102
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
334-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
When a stroke is not a stroke; posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome mimicking posterior circulation stroke.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University College Hospital, Galway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports