Cerebral abscess in leukaemia: an unusual presentation of a rare complication.
An instance of cerebral abscess presenting with episodes of palinopsia occurred in a patient suffering from acute myelogenous leukaemia. Palinopsia is a very uncommon symptom in cerebral disease. Review of hospital autopsy records for a decade revealed 280 other instances of haematological malignancy, in only one of which a cerebral abscess was also present.
D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology