Table 2:

Hemorrhage subtypes in PRES: relationship to clinical associations and adverse clinical outcomes

Toxicity AssociationTotal No. Pts with PRESPatients with PRES and Hemorrhage
No. Pts with HemorrhageHemorrhage Subtypes (No. Pts)
MinuteSulcalHematoma
Immunosuppression5011543
    Solid-organ transplant3444 (1D)10
    Allo-BMT1571 (1D)3 (1D)3 (2D)
    Other10000
Infection/sepsis/shock526414 (1D)
Autoimmune1222*02*
Chemotherapy101100
Eclampsia181011
Unknown92011
Total1512312711
  • Note:—D indicates that the patient died.

  • * A single patient with autoimmune disease and both minute hemorrhage and focal hematoma who sustained a permanent deficit (homonymous hemianopsia, hemiparesis, and facial droop).

  • A single patient with psoriasis on cyclosporine.

  • Transplant, on cyclosporine, or tacrolimus (FK-506).