J Korean Radiol Soc.  1968 Sep;4(1):46-49. 10.3348/jkrs.1968.4.1.46.

Two cases of postictal pulmonary edema

• Chin SI
• Ahn JD
• Rhee BH
• Pee SY
• Rhee BC

• KMID: 2346109
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1968.4.1.46

Abstract

Postictal pulmonary edema is a definite clinical entity, of which incidence is not uncommon. Two cases of postictal pulmonary edema due to subarachnoidal hemorrhage in 5 months old Korean infant and 10 years old Korean boy, which are experienced by writers recently, are reported. And here the literature on the role of the central nervous system in the genesis of pulmonary edema is reviewed.

Keyword

Children, cardiovascular system; Lung, fluid

MeSH Terms

Central Nervous System
Hemorrhage
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Male
Pulmonary Edema*