Open AccessDelayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy following alcohol and psychotropic drug overdose: a case report
Author(s) -
Ueno Kanji,
Takahashi Tetsuya,
Higashima Masato,
Okazaki Ryoko,
Takano Seiichiro,
Wada Yuji
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1544
Subject(s) - medicine , leukoencephalopathy , biomarker , magnetic resonance imaging , drug , progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , pediatrics , psychiatry , radiology , multiple sclerosis , biochemistry , chemistry
Key Clinical Message Delayed posthypoxic leukoencephalopathy (DPHL), a demyelinating syndrome, can easily be misdiagnosed as a psychiatric condition. Our case study shows that magnetic resonance imaging is highly useful for an early diagnosis of DPHL and that vascular endothelial growth factor might be a supplementary biomarker for the early detection of DPHL.