[Encephalomyelitis with cavitary necrosis of the white matter. A clinico-pathologic study].

The authors report the clinico-pathological study of an encephalomyelitis with necrotic cavitation of the white matter occurring in a 61-year-old female. The disease of sudden onset progressed slowly to the death, 20 months after the onset of the first symptoms. They stress the rarity of the entity and the difficulties to establish the diagnosis clinically. The nosological situation of the condition is discussed and compared with the previously reported cases.