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

Article type: Research Article

Authors: RamachandranNair, Rajesh | Rafeequ, Mohammed | Girija, Ananthanarayanan Seethammal | Sureshkumar, Kunjunni Leela

Affiliations: Department of Neurology, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India | Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College Hospital, Calicut, India

Note: [] Correspondence: Rajesh RamachandranNair, MD, DM, Division of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Canada. Tel.: +1 416 813 6296; E-mail: drrajeshram@rediffmail.com

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.

Keywords: acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, hemicraniectomy

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Neurology, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 45-48, 2005