Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: the importance of follow-up imaging within 2 weeks.
Kiyomitsu FukaguchiTadahiro GotoHiroyuki FukuiIchiro SekineHiroshi YamagamiPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2020)
Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome with negative CT findings at the ED visit was likely to be misdiagnosed as a primary headache. In patients with thunderclap headache and negative CT findings, physicians should consider RCVS as a differential diagnosis, inform patients of the risk of RCVS, and undertake follow-up imaging within 2 weeks.
Keyphrases
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- image quality
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- emergency department
- ejection fraction
- primary care
- newly diagnosed
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- case report
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- gestational age
- mass spectrometry
- magnetic resonance
- cerebral ischemia
- patient reported outcomes
- fluorescence imaging
- cerebral blood flow