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Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2003;21(1): 97-100.

"세포독성 및 혈관성 부종을 동반한 수혈 후 후백질뇌병증 1예"

이종윤 , 박선아 이승구 허 경 이병인

연세대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실,진단방사선과학교실

"A Case of Post-Transfusion Posterior Leukoencephalopathy with Cytotoxic and Vasogenic Edema"

Jong Yun Lee

Departments of Neurology and Diagnostic Radiology*, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

"We report a patient who developed posterior leukoencephalopatty (PLE) after a transfusion with vasospasm and both features of cytotoxic and vasogenic edema. The cytotoxic edema developed in the cerebral region hemodynamically more compromised. Different mechanisms may occur in PLE according to the degree of ischemic burden related to vasospasm.Key Words : Posterior leukoencephalopathy, Transfusion, Diffusion-weighted image"

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