Early onset of PRES in a patient with a subarachnoid haemorrhage due to a ruptured intracranial aneurysm

Abstract

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is rarely associated with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We present a case involving a patient who developed PRES, prior to induction of hypertensive therapy, 2 days after the onset of a SAH due to a ruptured intracranial aneurysm.

Keywords::

• hyperperfusion
• hyperdynamic therapy
• posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
• subarachnoid haemorrhage

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