Rare Case of Hypertensive Crisis Secondary to Diencephalic Epilepsy

Introduction

Hypertensive crisis (HC) is a clinical situation characterized by the quick, inappropriate, intense and symptomatic elevation of blood pressure, with or without risk of target-organ deterioration. HC has shown a decrease in incidence, most likely due to the advancement of outpatient antihypertensive therapy, but it still represents a challenge in emergency clinical practice. In over 80% of cases, patients already have a previous diagnosis of arterial hypertension (AH). However, undiagnosed AH or secondary causes may be the etiology of HC.

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