RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Intensive care management of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with favorable neurologic outcome
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 549
OP 552
VO 59
IS 5
A1 Mastrodimos, Bill
A1 Barnett, Gene H.
A1 Awad, Issam A.
YR 1992
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/59/5/549.abstract
AB A 36-year-old woman who presented with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis survived with favorable neurologic outcome. The patient underwent evacuation of a right temporal hematoma, with aggressive postoperative management in the neurosurgical intensive care unit. Aggressive surgical and medical therapy, including high-dose corticosteroid therapy and continuous intracranial pressure monitoring may yield favorable outcomes in an entity previously associated with dismal neurologic prognosis.