reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
Findings
No curated finding names reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is an infrequent cerebrovascular disorder characterized by severe headaches with or without focal neurological deficits or seizures, and a reversible segmental and multifocal vasoconstriction of cerebral arteries.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017291), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
24 features
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, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Thunderclap headacheHPOHP:0030907
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- VasospasmHPOHP:0025637
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Brain imaging abnormalityHPOHP:0410263
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MigraineHPOHP:0002076
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Recurrent paroxysmal headacheHPOHP:0002331
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal bleedingHPOHP:0001892
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal cerebral artery morphologyHPOHP:0009145
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Blurred visionHPOHP:0000622
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Cerebral hemorrhageHPOHP:0001342
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- ConfusionHPOHP:0001289
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Dilatation of the cerebral arteryHPOHP:0004944
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Functional motor deficitHPOHP:0004302
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- Ischemic strokeHPOHP:0002140
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- LeukoencephalopathyHPOHP:0002352
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PhonophobiaHPOHP:0002183
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- PhotophobiaHPOHP:0000613
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Subarachnoid hemorrhageHPOHP:0002138
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Transient ischemic attackHPOHP:0002326
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome
- Also called
- RCVS