Abstract:
INTRODUCTION:Delayed posthypoxic demyelination may rarely complicate an episode of severe hypoxia, with or without exposure to carbon monoxide. Following recovery from initial coma, progressive neurologic deterioration ensues with outcomes ranging from death to full recovery. Delayed posthypoxic demyelination is hypothesized to be immunemediated, with support coming from recent animal experiments. METHODS:We report a 46-year-old man who developed progressive cognitive deficits with abulia approximately 3 weeks after recovering from coma related to alcohol and morphine intoxication. RESULTS:Despite treatment with high-dose steroids and plasmapheresis, he continued to deteriorate and remained in a vegetative state until his death under hospice care more than 2 months after his initial hypoxic insult. Serial brain imaging and postmortem examination showed bilateral necrosis of the globi pallidi and extensive demyelination in the centrum semiovale and corona radiata. CONCLUSIONS:Based on an immune-mediated model of disease and given a lack of effective treatments, future use of immunomodulatory therapy may still be worth considering early in the course of this rare and potentially devastating condition.
journal_name
Neurocrit Carejournal_title
Neurocritical careauthors
Khot S,Walker M,Lacy JM,Oakes P,Longstreth WT Jrdoi
10.1007/s12028-007-0044-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-01 00:00:00pages
253-6issue
3eissn
1541-6933issn
1556-0961journal_volume
7pub_type
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