Hypertensive Encephalopathy
"Hypertensive Encephalopathy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Brain dysfunction or damage resulting from sustained MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION. When BLOOD PRESSURE exceeds the limits of cerebral autoregulation, cerebral blood flow is impaired (BRAIN ISCHEMIA). Clinical manifestations include HEADACHE; NAUSEA; VOMITING; SEIZURES; altered mental status (in some cases progressing to COMA); PAPILLEDEMA; and RETINAL HEMORRHAGE.
| Descriptor ID |
D020343
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.631.500
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Retinopathy and choroidopathy as the initial signs of hypertensive brainstem encephalopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Dec; 124(12):1784-6.