Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy: clinical and CT diagnosis and histopathological confirmation in an elderly patient.
With the aid of CT acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy (AHL) was diagnosed before death in a 65 year old woman. On the histopathological evidence, which is very similar to that for experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), AHL is considered to be a highly acute variant of parainfective encephalomyelitis.
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004684:Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed