PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. Pirker
AU  - L. Kramer
AU  - B. Voller
AU  - B. Loader
AU  - E. Auff
AU  - D. Prayer
TI  - Type of Edema in Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Depends on Serum Albumin Levels: An MR Imaging Study in 28 Patients
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A2332
DP  - 2011 Mar 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 527--531
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/3/527.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/32/3/527.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2011 Mar 01; 32
AB  - SUMMARY: PRES is a clinicoradiologic entity, combining seizures, blindness, and coma with MR imaging findings of predominantly vasogenic and occasional cytotoxic edema. In this clinical report, we determined the type of edema by using DWI and FLAIR sequences on MR imaging as well as ADC maps in 28 patients with PRES. The neuradiologic findings were correlated with levels of serum albumin, which is a main contributor to colloid osmotic pressure and vascular integrity. The presence of vasogenic edema was significantly associated with decreased serum albumin levels, which may be a particular risk factor for the development of PRES. ADCapparent diffusion coefficientANOVAanalysis of varianceCIconfidence intervalCOPcolloid osmotic pressureDWIdiffusion-weighted imagingFLAIRfluid-attenuated inversion recoveryILInterleukinKSKolmogorov-SmirnovMWUMann Whitney UNOnitric oxidePRESposterior reversible encephalopathy syndromeROSreactive oxygen species