Licorice

Fig. 9.1

Licorice-induced PRES. Axial T1-weighted (a), axial GRE (b), and axial FLAIR (c, d) MR images ofthe brain demonstrate bilateral parieto-occipital edema with superimposed hemorrhage in the right parietal lobe

9.4 Differential Diagnosis

PRES due to other causes (refer to Chaps. 6 and 23 for additional details)
RCVS due to other causes (refer to Chaps. 4, 5, 6, and 10 for additional details)
Venous sinus thrombosis (refer to Chaps. 21 and 47 for additional details)

Suggested Reading

Chatterjee N, Domoto-Reilly K, Fecci PE, Schwamm LH, Singhal AB. Licorice-associated reversible cerebral vasoconstriction with PRES. Neurology. 2010;75(21):1939–41.CrossRefPubMedCentralPubMed

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