A case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography after anesthesia
Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench,
Vol. 15 No. 2 (2022),
15 March 2022
https://doi.org/10.22037/ghfbb.vi.2432
Abstract
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a neurological disorder that occurs following cerebral vasogenic edema. It has diverse clinical presentations from headache and vomiting to seizure and mental status alteration. Herein, we report a 54-year-old woman with no prior disease who developed PRES in the parieto-occipital lobes and brain stem after a second attempt endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). To our knowledge, no case of PRES during ERCP has been reported to date. This case reminds us of unusual complications that are likely to occur after ERCP. It is believed that blood pressure fluctuations and anesthetic medications, fentanyl in particular, were the main precipitating factors causing the syndrome in the current case. Even if there is no specific treatment for this condition, a diagnosis is critical to start supportive treatment.
- PRES
- Opioid
- Fentanyl
- MRI
- Case Report
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