A 42-Year-Old Man with a Seizure

NEJM Evid. 2023 Mar;2(3):EVIDmr2200320. doi: 10.1056/EVIDmr2200320. Epub 2023 Feb 28.

Abstract

A 42-Year-Old Man with a SeizureA 42-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia presented for evaluation after an episode of convulsions. Six weeks before this event, he had a cough productive of yellow sputum. Two weeks later, he started having a headache and fevers. How do you approach the evaluation, and what is the diagnosis?

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cough / diagnosis
  • Fever
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute*
  • Male
  • Seizures