Hemicraniectomy as a successful treatment of mass effect in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Neurology. 2003 Aug 12;61(3):420-1. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000073540.35919.ae.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain / surgery
  • Brain Edema / complications
  • Brain Edema / therapy*
  • Craniotomy*
  • Disease Progression
  • Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / complications
  • Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / diagnosis
  • Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / therapy*
  • Female
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Hemiplegia / etiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
  • Intracranial Pressure
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mannitol / therapeutic use
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Glucocorticoids
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Mannitol
  • Methylprednisolone