Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis: A critical entity for forensic pathologists to recognize

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-11

  Lann, Meredith A ^a   Lovell, Mark A ^b,d   Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Southwest Institute of Forensic Science Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy; Amoebic encephalitis; Demyelinating disease; Hurst disease,Weston Hurst syndrome; Infectious meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIZZINESS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG; LUNG EDEMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; VOMITING;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIZZINESS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROSCOPY; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHILS; PULMONARY EDEMA; URINARY BLADDER; VOMITING;

EID: 77649246367     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181c6be92     Document Type: Article

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