Is decompressive craniectomy necessary in malignant posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with brain edema caused uncal herniation? A case report of reversible coma without surgical decompression.

Tzu-Chin Lin,Yu Chi Wang,Kai-Jie Yu,Po-Chuan Hsieh

Is decompressive craniectomy necessary in malignant posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome with brain edema caused uncal herniation? A case report of reversible coma without surgical decompression.

2021

Tzu-Chin Lin
Yu Chi Wang
Kai-Jie Yu
Po-Chuan Hsieh

Background: Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is considered a benign entity and is usually reversible with only medical management, but persistent neurologic deficits and disabili...

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Decompressive craniectomy
Surgery
brain edema
surgical decompression
Uncal herniation
Coma
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
Medicine

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