Neurological emergencies in acute leukemia: what is important to know?

In patients with acute leukemia, neurological emergencies are redundant complications that can aggravate the course of the underlying disease or cause death if they are not diagnosed on time. The article proposes to discuss and illustrate the neurological emergencies that may be en­coun­tered in patients with acute leukemia. Computed to­mo­graphy (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the imaging modalities of choice used for the po­si­tive diagnosis of these complications, CT examination being particularly indicated in patients suspected with in­tra­cra­nial hemorrhage, as well as in agitated and uncooperative patients, and MRI being performed either in addition to the CT evaluation, or in cases with suspicion of infectious-inflammatory lesions or cerebral venous thrombosis.