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Review
. 2025;85(1):152-164.

[Uncommon or unusual encephalopathies]

[Article in Spanish]
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  • PMID: 39900060
Free article
Review

[Uncommon or unusual encephalopathies]

[Article in Spanish]
Sebastián Villate et al. Medicina (B Aires). 2025.
Free article

Abstract

Rare encephalopathies are here described in order to summarize practical tools that should be considered in the anamnesis, as well as in the physical examination. The way in which the clinical picture was established was the primary point for structuring the review; subsequently, the encephalopathies were subclassified etiologically. Focal symptoms, headaches, abdominal pain, fever or extrapyramidalism, added to the findings in the magnetic resonance imaging, especially if damage to the gray or white matter is observed, and if the lesions are bilateral or not, can be helpful when hypothesizing the etiology of the encephalopathy.

Se describen las encefalopatías poco frecuentes con la finalidad de resumir herramientas prácticas que deben ser consideradas en la anamnesis, como así también en el examen físico. El modo con el cual se instalóel cuadro clínico fue el punto primordial para estructurar la revisión, posteriormente las encefalopatías fueron subclasificadas en forma etiológica. Los síntomas focales, cefaleas, dolor abdominal, fiebre o extrapiramidalismo, sumados a los hallazgos descritos en la resonancia magnética, principalmente si se observa daño de sustancia gris o blanca y si las lesiones son bilaterales o no, pueden ser de ayuda al momento de hipotetizar la etiología de la encefalopatía.

Keywords: infrequent; rare encephalopathies; unusual.

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