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. 2007 Aug;28(7):1320–1327. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0549

Table 2:

PRES imaging patterns

Imaging Pattern Overall (No. pts) Association Categories
Allo-BMTCsA/FK (No. pts) SOTCsA/FK (No. pts) CsA (No. pts) Inf/Sho (No. pts) AutoImm (No. pts) Chemo (No. pts) Eclamp (No. pts) Unknown (No. pts)
Holohemispheric watershed 31 8 4 10 3 1 3 2
Superior frontal sulcus 37 12 6 1 6 3 2 4 3
Dominant parietal/occipital 30 7 5 1 13 1 1 1 1
Partial and/or asymmetric PRES 38 6 11 1 4 5 1 9 1
    Partial 16 2 6 1 1 1 3 1
    Asymmetric 16 2 4 1 4 1 5
    Partial and asymmetric 5 2 1 1 1
Total 136 33 26 3 33 12 5 17 7

Note:—PRES indicates posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; No. pts, number of patients; Allo-BMT, allogeneic bone marrow transplant; SOT, solid organ transplant; CsA/FK, currently on cyclosporine or FK-506 (tacrolimus) immunosuppressive treatment (to control graft-versus-host disease or transplant rejection); CsA, cyclosporine treatment in marrow diseases; Inf/Sho, infection, bacteremia, sepsis, shock group; Chemo, postchemotherapy; Eclamp, eclampsia and delayed eclampsia; Unknown, no association or hypertension only.