Periodic synchronous discharge occurred in an elderly with acute valacyclovir-associated encephalopathy
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Treatment of Ifosfamide -induced Encephalopathy with Methylene Blue in an Adolescent with Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: a case report
Ifosfamide is one of the most important chemotherapeutic agents used for the treatment of numerous types of malignancies. Neurotoxicity is one of its life-threatening complications and is potentially fatal. In this paper we present a case of severe ifosfamide- induced encephalopathy in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in whom treatment with methylene blue led to complete improvem...
متن کاملAcute encephalopathy associated with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy.
Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy is useful against various immune system disorders and viral infections. It is generally safe, and serious adverse reactions are uncommon. We report a rare case of acute encephalopathy following intravenous immunoglobulin therapy for human herpes virus 6 infection in a child. MR imaging findings suggest that the dominant causative mechanism of acute encephalopa...
متن کاملAcute Encephalopathy Associated with Influenza A Infection in Adults
We report acute encephalopathy associated with influenza A infection in 3 adults. We detected high cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma concentrations of CXCL8/IL-8 and CCL2/MCP-1 (CSF/plasma ratios > or =3), and interleukin-6, CXCL10/IP-10, but no evidence of viral neuroinvasion. Patients recovered without sequelae. Hyperactivated cytokine response may play a role in pathogenesis.
متن کاملAn acute, progressive encephalopathy.
Rabies holds the distinction of having the highest case-fatality ratio of any infectious disease. Aggressive public health campaigns have reduced the incidence of this disease in the United States to a record low. We report a case of this increasingly rare disease in a 70-year-old man in Wisconsin.
متن کاملEncephalopathy in acute leukaemia associated with methotrexate therapy.
Kay, H. E. M., Knapton, P. J., O'Sullivan, J. P., Wells, D. G., Harris, R. F., Innes, E. M., Stuart, J., Schwartz, F. C. M., and Thompson, E. N. (1972). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 47, 344. Encephalopathy in acute leukaemia associated with methotrexate therapy. Seven patients are described in whom dementia developed during treatment with methotrexate for meningeal leukaemia. The patients ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Rinsho Shinkeigaku
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0009-918X,1882-0654
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-000892