Serial MR imaging findings of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: A case report

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1996-1999

  Lee, Ho Yun ^a   Chang, Kee Hyun ^a,b   Kirn, Ji Hoon ^a   Na, Dong Gyu ^a   Kwon, Bae Ju ^a   Lee, Kwang Woo ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 32944474388     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Geerts Y, Dehaene I, Lammens M. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. Acta Neurol Belg 1991;91:201-211
2. Hurst AE. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: a previously undefined entity. Med J Aust 1941;1:1-6
3. Tenembaum S, Chamoles N, Fejerman N. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a long-term follow-up study of 84 pediatric patients. Neurology 2002;59:1224-1231
4. Markus R, Brew BJ, Turner J, Pell M. Successful outcome with aggressive treatment of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991;63:551
5. Rosman NP, Gottlieb SM, Bernstein CA. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: recovery and reversal of magnetic resonance imaging findings in a child. J Clin Neurol 1997;12:448-454
6. Klein CJ, Wijdicks EF, Earnest F 4th. Full recovery after acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (Hurst's disease). J Neurol 2000;247:977-979
7. Kuperan S, Ostrow P, Landi MK, Bakshi R. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis vs ADEM: FLAIR MRI and neuropatbology findings. Neurology 2003;2:721-722
8. Lieberman AP, Grossman RI, Lavi E. Case of the month: a 32 year old man with mental status changes and a severe occipital headache. Brain Palhol 1998;8:229-230
9. Friedman DP. Neuroradiology case of the day. RadioGraphics 1998;18:246-250
10. Niebler G, Harris T, Davis T, Roos K. Fulminant multiple sclerosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1992;13:1547-1551
11. Vartanian TK, Monte S. Weekly clinicopathological exercises: case 1-1999-a 53-year-old man with fever and rapid neurologic deterioration. N Engl J Med 1999;340:127-135
12. Mader I, Wolff M, Niemann G, Küker W. Acute haemorrhagic encephalomyelitis (AHEM): MRI findings. Neuropediatrics 2004;35:143-146
13. Hynson JL, Kornberg AJ, Coleman LT, et al. Clinical and neuroradiologic features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in children. Neurology 2001;56:1308-1312