Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and Wernicke encephalopathy in patient with acute graft-versus-host disease.

ABSTRACT: Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is an immune triggered process leading to severe immune dysregulation and organ dysfunction until death and it is one of the worst medical complications after a transplant. Patients with GVHD may have several neurological alterations: during this acute severe phase there is coexistence of various and nonspecific neurological symptoms. We are reporting a case of a 53 year old woman with severe GVHD after bone marrow transplant with acute neurological signs and symptoms. MRI study showed findings consistent with Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and Wernicke encephalopathy.

SUBMITTER: Di Giuliano F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545363 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature