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- Title
Treatment Leading to Dramatic Recovery in Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis.
- Authors
Payne, Eric T.; Rutka, James T.; Ho, Tommy K.; Halliday, William C.; Banwell, Brenda L.
- Abstract
The clinical course, neuroimaging, neuropathological features, and management of a 7-year-old girl with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis are reported. Treatment with subtotal bifrontal craniectomies for symptoms of imminent uncal herniation followed by high-dose corticosteroid therapy was associated with dramatic clinical recovery. This report highlights the utility of aggressive intervention in acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis, an otherwise fatal disorder.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTICS; SKULL surgery; NEUROLOGICAL disorders; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; ADRENOCORTICAL hormones; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HERNIA; MEDICAL imaging systems; MAGNETIC resonance imaging
- Publication
Journal of Child Neurology, 2007, Vol 22, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0883-0738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0883073807299971