Acute kidney injury and posterior reversible encephalopathy syndromea case report

Abstract

A 30 year old postpartum female presented to us with clinical features of headache, vomiting, hypertension, blurring of vision and altered sensorium. On investigating she had anemia and deranged kidney function tests. The computerised tomography (CT) scan head findings were suggestive of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain. The patient responded to symptomatic treatment and was discharged with normal MRI of head and normal kidney function test. We would like to highlight this neuro-radiological condition, which if treated promptly, has a good outcome.