Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI

We report a case of a 19-year-old woman who developed intracranial hypertension as an unusual clinical complication of severe aseptic meningoencephalitis probably due to a diminished cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption capacity or leptomeningeal transudation as a consequence of blood-brain barrier dysf...

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Autores principales: Wolf, Marc E., Eisele, Philipp, Schweizer, Yvonne, Alonso, Angelika, Gass, Achim, Hennerici, Michael G., Szabo, Kristina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
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Published online: January, 2016
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442973
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author Wolf, Marc E.
Eisele, Philipp
Schweizer, Yvonne
Alonso, Angelika
Gass, Achim
Hennerici, Michael G.
Szabo, Kristina
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description We report a case of a 19-year-old woman who developed intracranial hypertension as an unusual clinical complication of severe aseptic meningoencephalitis probably due to a diminished cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption capacity or leptomeningeal transudation as a consequence of blood-brain barrier dysfunction. These severe inflammatory changes were accompanied by prominent leptomeningeal contrast enhancement best visualized on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. In such a prolonged course, a continuous lumbar drainage might be a temporary option to provide rapid symptom relief to the patient.
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spelling pubmed-47488062016-02-17 Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI Wolf, Marc E. Eisele, Philipp Schweizer, Yvonne Alonso, Angelika Gass, Achim Hennerici, Michael G. Szabo, Kristina Case Rep Neurol Published online: January, 2016 We report a case of a 19-year-old woman who developed intracranial hypertension as an unusual clinical complication of severe aseptic meningoencephalitis probably due to a diminished cerebrospinal fluid reabsorption capacity or leptomeningeal transudation as a consequence of blood-brain barrier dysfunction. These severe inflammatory changes were accompanied by prominent leptomeningeal contrast enhancement best visualized on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging. In such a prolonged course, a continuous lumbar drainage might be a temporary option to provide rapid symptom relief to the patient. S. Karger AG 2016-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4748806/ /pubmed/26889150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442973 Text en Copyright © 2016 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
spellingShingle Published online: January, 2016
Wolf, Marc E.
Eisele, Philipp
Schweizer, Yvonne
Alonso, Angelika
Gass, Achim
Hennerici, Michael G.
Szabo, Kristina
Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title_full Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title_fullStr Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title_full_unstemmed Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title_short Intracranial Hypertension as an Acute Complication of Aseptic Meningoencephalitis with Leptomeningeal Contrast Enhancement on FLAIR MRI
title_sort intracranial hypertension as an acute complication of aseptic meningoencephalitis with leptomeningeal contrast enhancement on flair mri
topic Published online: January, 2016
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4748806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26889150
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000442973
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