Comment on “A PRESing case of visual changes and confusion”

Ronnie and colleagues reported a case of a 10-year-old female with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) complicated by hypertension and cardiomyopathy secondary to lupus who presented to the emergency department with a history of vision loss and headache [1]. The authors diagnosed the patient with posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES). Although interesting, the diagnostic criteria for PRES was not met.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - February 20, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Linpei Jia, Hongliang Zhang Source Type: research