Life-saving hemicraniectomy for fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-252

  Dombrowski, Keith E ^a   Mehta, Ankit I ^a   Turner, Dennis A ^a   McDonagh, David L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; cerebral herniation; dominant hemisphere; hemicraniectomy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIECTOMY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; APHASIA; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952158193     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02688697.2010.544784     Document Type: Article

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