title: Cognitive recovery after delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy.
abstract: We report on a patient with delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy who presented with severe cognitive impairment associated with MRI findings of extensive demyelination of the cerebral white matter after a silent period of three weeks from acute intoxication. Despite the severe signs of structural and functional cerebral impairment in the sub-acute stage, the clinical course was favorable but for residual mild dysfunction of the frontal lobes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics, University of Genoa, Via Antonio De Toni 5, I-16132 Genoa, Italy. lcocito@neurologia.unige.it
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cocito
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biagioli
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.forename: Maria Laura
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Inglese
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pizzorno
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spigno
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Volpe
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors