Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES): differential diagnosis

Evidence-based neurology checklist on posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (pres): differential diagnosis: Encephalitic Infectious Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Rhombencephalitis Vascular Demyelinating Other differentials

Encephalitic

  • Infectious
  • Paraneoplastic
  • Autoimmune
  • Rhombencephalitis

Vascular

Demyelinating

Other differentials

References

  1. Roth C, Ferbert A. The posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: what's certain, what's new? Pract Neurol 2011; 11:136-144.
  2. Fugate JE, Rabinstein AA. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome: clinical and radiological manifestations, pathophysiology, and outstanding questions. Lancet Neurol 2015; 14:914-925.
  3. Chaudhari DM, Renjen PN, Goyal N, Mishra A. Central variant reversible encephalopathy syndrome. BMJ Case Rep 2022; 15:e245636.
  4. Toljan K, Amin M, Scarsella M, et al. Overlapping features of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome. J Neurol Sci 2026; 486:125940.

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