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Few reports have described the medical and neurosurgical management of severe adult lead encephalopathy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case Presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 22 year old woman presented with severe headache, anemia, vomiting, 40-lb weight loss, and constipation. At the time of presentation, she had extensive colonic radiopaque material and a serum lead concentration of 87 mcg\/dl (normal &amp;lt;10). She rapidly developed anisocoria requiring emergent ventriculostomy insertion. Following CSF diversion, ICP mitigation, and lead chelation, she considerably improved in &amp;lt;2 weeks.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>We report one of the few instances of successful surgical and medical management of adult lead encephalopathy. 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