posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An acute or subacute reversible condition characterized by headaches, mental status changes, visual disturbances, and seizures associated with imaging findings of posterior leukoencephalopathy. It has been observed in association with hypertensive encephalopathy, eclampsia, and immunosuppressive and cytotoxic drug treatment.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0044033), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- LeukoencephalopathyMondoHP:0002352
Where it sits
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome
- Also called
- Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndromePRESreversible occipital parietal encephalopathyreversible Posterior cerebral edema syndromereversible Posterior cerebral oedema syndromereversible Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndromeRPLE