Dialysis disequilibrium leading to posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in chronic renal failure
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Pratim Sengupta1,2, Sumanta Biswas3
1Department of Nephrology, ILS Hospital, 1, Mall Road, Near Nager Bazar Flyover, Dum Dum, Kolkata, 700080, India. pratim.sengupta@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Dialysis disequilibrium syndrome is a neurological adverse effect of acute hemodialysis in advanced uremic patients. Dialysis disequilibrium has a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations starting from subtle uneasiness, confusion, to florid and complex life threatening neurological deficit. In this case study, we present a patient who developed sudden cortical blindness following hemodialysis due to posterior reversible encephalopathy, which is a rare presentation of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome.
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