Table 2:

PRES imaging patterns

Imaging PatternOverall (No. pts)Association Categories
Allo-BMTCsA/FK (No. pts)SOTCsA/FK (No. pts)CsA (No. pts)Inf/Sho (No. pts)AutoImm (No. pts)Chemo (No. pts)Eclamp (No. pts)Unknown (No. pts)
Holohemispheric watershed3184103132
Superior frontal sulcus37126163243
Dominant parietal/occipital30751131111
Partial and/or asymmetric PRES38611145191
    Partial162611131
    Asymmetric16241415
    Partial and asymmetric52111
Total1363326333125177
  • Note:—PRES indicates posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome; No. pts, number of patients; Allo-BMT, allogeneic bone marrow transplant; SOT, solid organ transplant; CsA/FK, currently on cyclosporine or FK-506 (tacrolimus) immunosuppressive treatment (to control graft-versus-host disease or transplant rejection); CsA, cyclosporine treatment in marrow diseases; Inf/Sho, infection, bacteremia, sepsis, shock group; Chemo, postchemotherapy; Eclamp, eclampsia and delayed eclampsia; Unknown, no association or hypertension only.