María Valencia-Mendoza, Natalia Ramírez-Rodríguez, Nicolle Vargas-Avila, Angélica Peña-Ortiz, María Corzo-Villamizar, Laura Serna-Ramírez, Lina Góez-Mogollón, Carlos Martínez-Rubio, Hernán F Bayona-Ortiz
OBJECTIVE: To describe patient characteristics, radiological findings and the clinical course of adults with fatal reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS). METHODS: A systematic literature search from January 1, 2000, until December 31, 2018, was performed using PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus, Cochrane reviews, LILACS and Scielo. Studies reporting RCVS in adult patients with fatal outcomes were included. RESULTS: 430 studies were initially identified, 179 full-text articles were reviewed, and 9 publications describing 12 subjects were included...
December 2019: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia