Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis (Hurst disease) associated with neuroaxonal dystrophy

J Kałuza; A Krygowska-Wajs; P Czapiński

Acute hemorrhagic encephalitis (Hurst disease) associated with neuroaxonal dystrophy

Folia Neuropathol. 1998;36(4):221-4.

Authors

J Kałuza¹, A Krygowska-Wajs, P Czapiński

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuropathology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków.

PMID: 10079604

Abstract

Two cases that fulfil the clinical and neuropathological criteria of acute hemorrhagic encephalitis are described. Histological examination revealed additionally focal changes in the white matter characteristic for neuroaxonal dystrophy. The differences in the clinical course and morphological picture observed in both cases are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / pathology
Bronchopneumonia / complications
Depression / complications
Epilepsy, Generalized / etiology
Fatal Outcome
Fibrosis
Humans
Hyperemia
Intellectual Disability / complications
Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / complications*
Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / diagnosis
Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Neuroaxonal Dystrophies / diagnosis
Neuroaxonal Dystrophies / etiology*
Neuroaxonal Dystrophies / pathology