Abstract
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinical and radiological syndrome in which patients present with an acute clinical presentation of seizures, headache, altered mental status, cortical blindness, and classic posterior cerebral edema on imagery. Patients with HIV are at risk for the development of this syndrome, but it is rarely reported. We report a case of a woman HIV-positive who was diagnosed with PRES.
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Article Type: Case Report
ELECTR J MED DENT STUD, Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2022, Article No: em0100
https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmds/12387
Publication date: 20 Aug 2022
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