Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema

Neuroimaging features of fatal high-altitude cerebral edema

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Acute high-altitude cerebral edema can occur in an unacclimatised individual on exposure to high altitudes and sometimes it can be fatal.Here we have described the neuroimaging features of a patient who suffered from fatal high altitude cerebral edema.Available literature is reviewed.Probable pathogenesis is discussed.The risk of acute Ben Wa Balls mountain sickness is reported up to 25% in individuals who ascend to an altitude of 3500 meter and in more than 50% subjects at an altitude of 6000 meter.

The lack of availability of advanced imaging facilities at such a higher altitude makes HAIR COLOR imaging of such condition a less described entity.