Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
"Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fulminant and often fatal demyelinating disease of the brain which primarily affects young adults and children. Clinical features include the rapid onset of weakness, SEIZURES, and COMA. It may follow a viral illness or MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE infections but in most instances there is no precipitating event. Pathologic examination reveals marked perivascular demyelination and necrosis of white matter with microhemorrhages. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp924-5)
MeSH Number(s)
C10.114.375.362
C10.114.562
C10.228.140.695.562.375
C10.228.228.245.670
C10.228.440.650
C10.228.518.562.375
C10.314.350.375
C20.111.258.250.425
C20.111.258.450
Concept/Terms
Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitides
- Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis
- Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitides, Acute
- Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis, Acute
- Leukoencephalitides, Acute Hemorrhagic
- Hurst Syndrome
- Syndrome, Hurst
- Hurst Disease
- Disease, Hurst
- Leukoencephalitis Acuta Hemorrhagica
- Encephalomyelitis, Acute Necrotizing Hemorrhagic
- Hurst's Disease
- Disease, Hurst's
- Hursts Disease
Leukoencephalitis, Subacute Hemorrhagic- Leukoencephalitis, Subacute Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitides, Subacute
- Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis, Subacute
- Leukoencephalitides, Subacute Hemorrhagic
- Subacute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitides
- Subacute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis
Necrotizing Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitis- Necrotizing Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis, Necrotizing Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalomyelitis
- Necrotizing Encephalomyelitis, Hemorrhagic
- Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitis, Necrotizing
- Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitides, Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Hemorrhagic Encephalomyelitides
- Encephalomyelitis, Hemorrhagic Necrotizing
- Encephalomyelitides, Hemorrhagic Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Encephalomyelitides, Hemorrhagic
Encephalitis, Acute Necrotizing- Encephalitis, Acute Necrotizing
- Acute Necrotizing Encephalitides
- Acute Necrotizing Encephalitis
- Encephalitides, Acute Necrotizing
- Necrotizing Encephalitides, Acute
- Necrotizing Encephalitis, Acute
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic".
- Diseases [C]
- Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System [C10.114]
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.114.375]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.114.375.362]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.114.562]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
- Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
- Leukoencephalopathies [C10.228.140.695]
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.228.140.695.562]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.228.140.695.562.375]
- Central Nervous System Infections [C10.228.228]
- Encephalitis [C10.228.228.245]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.228.228.245.670]
- Encephalomyelitis [C10.228.440]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.228.440.650]
- Leukoencephalopathies [C10.228.518]
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.228.518.562]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.228.518.562.375]
- Demyelinating Diseases [C10.314]
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C10.314.350]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C10.314.350.375]
- Immune System Diseases [C20]
- Autoimmune Diseases [C20.111]
- Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System [C20.111.258]
- Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS [C20.111.258.250]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C20.111.258.250.425]
- Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic [C20.111.258.450]
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukoencephalitis, Acute Hemorrhagic" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with extremely high interleukin-6 and RANBP2 mutation in a patient with recently immunized inactivated virus vaccine and no pulmonary involvement. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Jul 23; 22(1):640.
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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis and Acute Hemorrhagic Leukoencephalitis Following COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-synthesis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2021 11; 8(6).
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Pearls & Oy-sters: Bilateral globus pallidus lesions in a patient with COVID-19. Neurology. 2020 09 08; 95(10):454-457.
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Genetic Acute Necrotizing Encephalopathy Associated with RANBP2: Clinical and Therapeutic Implications in Pediatrics. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2020 Aug; 43:102194.
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Severe cerebral involvement in adult-onset hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Jun; 76:236-237.
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COVID-19-associated Acute Hemorrhagic Necrotizing Encephalopathy: Imaging Features. Radiology. 2020 08; 296(2):E119-E120.
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Clinical Reasoning: Acute onset facial droop in a 36-year-old pregnant woman. Neurology. 2017 06 13; 88(24):e240-e244.
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Clinical Reasoning: A 57-year-old woman who developed acute amnesia following fever and upper respiratory symptoms. Neurology. 2015 Apr 07; 84(14):e102-6.
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Pediatric demyelinating diseases. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2013 Aug; 19(4 Multiple Sclerosis):1023-45.
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Clinical reasoning: A young adult presents with focal weakness and hemorrhagic brain lesions. Neurology. 2011 May 31; 76(22):e106-9.