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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2005; 03(01): 045-048
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1557237
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Hemicraniectomy to reduce raised intracranial pressure in a child with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Rajesh RamachandranNair
a   Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India
,
Mohammed Rafeequ
a   Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India
,
Ananthanarayanan Seethammal Girija
a   Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India
,
Kunjunni Leela Sureshkumar
b   Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India
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27 May 2004

24 June 2004

Publication Date:
29 July 2015 (online)

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Abstract

We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis who, rapidly deteriorated while on intravenous methylprednisolone. Emergency hemicraniectomy had to be done to control the raised intracranial pressure when the conventional methods failed to achieve a reduction in intracranial pressure.

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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - hemicraniectomy