posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

a reversible clinicoradiologic syndrome characterized by confusion, headaches, seizures, cortical blindness and other visual abnormalities, emesis, and motor signs, associated with MRI or CT evidence of bilateral white matter edema involving the parietooccipital cerebral regions.

pos·te·ri·or leu·ko·en·ceph·a·lop·a·thy syn·drome

(pos-tēr'ē-ŏr lū'kō-en-sef'ă-lop'ă-thē sin'drōm) A reversible clinicoradiologic syndrome characterized by confusion, headaches, seizures, cortical blindness, and other visual abnormalities, emesis, and motor signs; associated with MRI or CT evidence of bilateral white matter edema involving the parietooccipital cerebral regions.