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Cerebral abscess in leukaemia: an unusual presentation of a rare complication
Clinical and Experimental Neurology
|January 1, 1985
Abstract:
An instance of cerebral abscess presenting with episodes of palinopsia occurred in a patient suffering from acute myelogenous leukaemia. Palinopsia is a very uncommon symptom in cerebral disease. Review of hospital autopsy records for a decade revealed 280 other instances of haematological malignancy, in only one of which a cerebral abscess was also present.
Insights
A rare case of cerebral abscess causing palinopsia in acute myelogenous leukemia is presented. This study highlights the uncommon association between brain abscesses and hematological malignancies.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Oncology
- Pathology
Background:
- Cerebral abscesses are uncommon complications in patients with hematological malignancies.
- Palinopsia is a rare neurological symptom associated with cerebral pathologies.