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Review
. 1996 Dec;152(12):748-51.

[Acute Weston Hurst necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis]

[Article in French]
A Donnet  1 , H Dufour, D Gambarelli, N Bruder, J F Pellissier, F Grisoli
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  • PMID: 9205699
Review

[Acute Weston Hurst necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis]

[Article in French]
A Donnet et al. Rev Neurol (Paris). 1996 Dec.

Abstract

The clinical and pathological findings of a 43-year-old woman, diagnosed as having acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis at postmortem examination, are presented. The acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis affects mainly young adults and is the most fulminant from of demyelinating disease. It is frequently preceded by a respiratory infection. Diagnosis is facilitated by CT scanning and MRI, which reveal the massive lesion in the cerebral white matter. Many cases terminate fatally in 2 or 4 days, but in others survival is longer. The pathological findings are distinctive.

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