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. 1988 Jun;51(6):870–874. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.51.6.870

Acute haemorrhagic leucoencephalitis with a prolonged clinical course.

C C Huang 1, N S Chu 1, T J Chen 1, C M Shaw 1
PMCID: PMC1033164  PMID: 3136231

Abstract

Two cases of pathologically proven acute haemorrhagic leucoencephalitis with clinical features resembling a cerebral tumour are reported. One patient with a left fronto-parieto-temporal mass showed progressive neurological deterioration leading to death in 3 months. Another patient with a right parieto-temporal mass had mild neurological symptoms for one and a half months before complete recovery except for a seizure disorder, following steroid and decompressive therapy. The cases show that acute haemorrhagic leucoencephalitis may not always be rapidly fatal, but may run a prolonged clinical course with recovery.

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