Intensive care management of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with favorable neurologic outcome
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine in Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 59 (5) , 549-552
- https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.59.5.549
Abstract
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.Keywords
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