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leukoencephalopathy
Etiology:
1) radiation
2) chemotherapy
3) CADASIL
4) progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
Pathology:
- white matter changes characterized by:
a) diffuse reactive astrocytosis
b) multiple foci of necrosis
c) inflammation
Related
CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts & leukoencephalopathy)
Specific
acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalopathy
Binswanger's disease (subcortical atherosclerotic encephalopathy)
leukoencephalopathy with brainstem & spinal cord involvement & lactate elevation (LBSL)
megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)
reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome (RPLS)
General
encephalopathy
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.