• Turkish J Pediatr · Jul 2013

    Review Case Reports

    Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome due to pulse methylprednisolone therapy in a child.

    • Faruk İncecik, M Özlem Hergüner, Dinçer Yıldızdaş, Mustafa Yılmaz, Gülen Mert, Özden O Horoz, and Şakir Altunbaşak.
    • Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey. fincecik@yahoo.com.
    • Turkish J Pediatr. 2013 Jul 1; 55 (4): 455-7.

    AbstractPosterior reversible leukoencephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a recently described disorder with typical radiological findings of bilateral grey and white matter abnormalities in the posterior regions of the cerebral hemispheres. It has been described in children in association with some medications, renal disease, autoimmune disease, transplantation, and sepsis. In this report, we discuss an eight-year-old boy with PRES during pulse methylprednisolone therapy. In conclusion, PRES is a neurological complication of pulse methylprednisolone therapy, which responds favorably to prompt therapy withdrawal and blood pressure control.

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