Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A report of two fulminant cases and review of literature

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 458-462

  Sekula, Raymond F ^a   Jannetta, Peter J ^a   Rodrigues, Bernardo ^a   Brillman, Jon ^a   Frederickson, Andrew M ^a   Crocker, Christine S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Central brain herniation; Decompressive hemicraniectomy; Intracranial pressure; Medically intractable edema

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DEXAMETHASONE; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; DEATH; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOBECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN EDEMA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 57149123569     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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