Acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on acute haemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (ahle): Infectious causes Upper respiratory tract infections COVID 19 Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Gram-negative septicaemia Abrus precatorius poisoning Mycoplasma pneumonia Lyme borreliosis Leptospirosis Influenza H1N1 virus…

Infectious causes

  • Upper respiratory tract infections
  • COVID 19
  • Hepatitis B virus (HBV)
  • Gram-negative septicaemia
  • Abrus precatorius poisoning
  • Mycoplasma pneumonia
  • Lyme borreliosis
  • Leptospirosis
  • Influenza H1N1 virus
  • Enteroviruses
  • Measles virus
  • Mumps virus
  • Rubella virus
  • Varicella zoster virus (VZV)
  • Epstein Barr virus (EBV)
  • Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  • Hepatitis A virus (HAV)
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
  • JC virus (JCV)
  • Eastern equine virus
  • Western equine virus
  • West Nile virus (WNV)
  • California virus
  • Herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis

Non-infectious causes

Epidemiological features

Clinical features

Complications

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis

Abnormal serum tests

Pathological features

Differential diagnosis

Treatment

Prognosis

Synonym

References

  1. Alromaihi M. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHLE): a comprehensive review on causes, symptoms, link with COVID-19, diagnosis, and treatment. Biomed Res Int 2022; 2022:6008375.
  2. Alsaid HM, Atawneh MAA, Abukhalaf S, Daoud A, Hamadah A, Gharaibeh K. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis - a rare but fatal form of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis - complicated by brain herniation: a case report and literature review. Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935636.
  3. Manzano GS, McEntire CRS, Martinez-Lage M, Mateen FJ, Hutto SK. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis following COVID-19: systematic review and meta-synthesis. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2021; 8:e1080.
  4. Sharma R, Bhagwat C, Suthar R, Goyal K, Angurana SK, Vyas S, Dutta S. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with COVID-19 coinfection. Indian J Pediatr 2022; 89:420.
  5. Sivasubramanian D, Mohamed Kalifa MRH. Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis in a patient with hepatitis B. Cureus 2024; 16:e67587.
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