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. 2020 Sep 25:practneurol-2020-002705.
doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2020-002705. Online ahead of print.

Craniectomy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

David Bourke  1 , Kelvin Woon  2
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Craniectomy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

David Bourke et al. Pract Neurol. .

Abstract

A 17-year-old girl underwent emergency bifrontal craniectomy for severely raised intracranial pressure with brainstem compression, having developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) following Epstein-Barr virus infection. We discuss the current evidence for craniectomy in both ADEM and infective encephalitis and propose an approach to management.

Keywords: Clinical neurology; neurosurgery.

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