Reversible extensive leukoencephalopathy in Sweet disease: A case report

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 178-180

  Fukushima, Kazuhiro ^a   Hineno, Akiyo ^a   Kodaira, Minori ^a   Machida, Kazuko ^a,b   Ishii, Wataru ^a   Kaneko, Tomoki ^a   Shimojo, Hisashi ^a   Uhara, Hisashi ^a   Yamamoto, Kanji ^b   Morita, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Kunihiro ^a   Ikeda, Shu ich ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nagano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuro Sweet disease; Reversible leukoencephalopathy; Sweet disease

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ACUTE FEBRILE NEUTROPHILIC DERMATOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SWELLING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGN; WHITE MATTER;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; STEROIDS; SWEET SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649088475     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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