Elderly-onset acute necrotizing encephalopathy mimicking severe heat stroke: a case report and review of the literature.

Arisa OdagiriAyumu YamaokaKei MiyataNaofumi BunyaTakehiko KasaiYoshihiro TakeyamaShuji UemuraTakeshi MikamiEichi Narimatsu

Published in: Acute medicine & surgery (2019)

In elderly patients, differentiating ANE from severe heat stroke in a high-temperature environment is difficult because of the similarities in clinical symptoms due to multiple organ failure.

Keyphrases

high temperature
early onset
atrial fibrillation
drug induced
heat stress
liver failure
respiratory failure
magnetic resonance imaging
magnetic resonance
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage
acute respiratory distress syndrome