Abstract

ALTAMIRANO CALDERON, Alex  and  NARANJO VASCONEZ, Susana. Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with peritoneal dialysis. Case report. Rev. colom. nefrol. [online]. 2021, vol.8, n.1, e408.  Epub Oct 22, 2021. ISSN 2500-5006.  https://doi.org/10.22265/acnef.8.1.443.

We present the case of a 66-year-old patient with a history of chronic kidney disease for 8 years, on peritoneal dialysis therapy, who went to the emergency service for presenting deterioration in the state of consciousness associated with seizures, and hypertensive emergency, after treatment the symptoms subside and resolution of the lesions found on the MRI after one month of evolution, classified as posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome. Considering this diagnosis in patients with chronic kidney injury associated with arterial hypertension.

Keywords : Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome; seizures; hypertension; peritoneal dialysis..

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