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Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalopathy

A Clinical, Pathological, and Radiological Correlation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

O. Suchowersky ,
V.P. Sweeney ,
K. Berry  and
P.J.A. Bratty
O. Suchowersky
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Vancouver, B.C.
V.P. Sweeney*
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Vancouver, B.C.
K. Berry
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Vancouver, B.C.
P.J.A. Bratty
Affiliation:
University of British Columbia and the Vancouver General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Vancouver, B.C.
*
Division of Neurology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1M9.
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Two patients with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy, one of which was pathologically proven, were serially studied with CT scanning. Both patients showed marked distinctive low density white matter changes throughout both hemispheres, which correlated with clinically involved areas. One patient recovered from the disease, perhaps due to steroid treatment, and showed slow but complete resolution of CT scan changes. We feel that CT scan findings significantly help in the diagnosis of this disease, which may be amenable to early treatment with steroids.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 1983 , pp. 63 - 67
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1983

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