Acute Haemorrhagic Leucoencephalitis Complicating Sepsis

Tanser, S. J. F.R.C.A., Sp.R.
Walker, M. B. F.R.C.A.
Hilton, D. A. M.R.C.P., M.D., M.R.C.Path.

Department of Histopathology and Intensive Care Unit, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom
^{*, †} Intensive Care Unit.
^‡ Consultant in Neuropathology, Department of Histopathology.

Accepted September 25, 2000

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 29(1):p 54-57, February 2001. | DOI: 10.1177/0310057X0102900111

A case of acute haemorrhagic leucoencephalitis presenting as fatal septic encephalopathy is reported. The clinical features of this condition are reviewed and the potential for earlier diagnosis is considered.