Encephalomyelitis: Case for Diagnosis

Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis; A Rare Iranian Case Report

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic clinical syndrome, characterized by immune-mediated demyelination of central nervous system neurons, which yield extensive damage in the brain and spinal cord.It usually affects children and young adults following infections or immunization. Here we describe a 9- year-old Fars female presented with acute onset of psychotic disorder, o...

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis--a case series.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis(ADEM) is an uncommon inflammatory demyelinating disease involving central nervous system white matter. A series of seven cases seen over a period of one year have been described. The patients presented with acute onset of focal neurological deficit (3 patients), alteration of sensorium(3) and ataxia(1). CT scan showed non specific hypodensity in 4 cases and ...

A Case for Diagnosis

A Case for Diagnosis

as negative even up to the 30th day of illness, and positive thereafter at 1 : 100 or higher dilution. The negative agglutination test in this case appears to have been observed about the 17th day of illness. Tice, in his Practice of Medicine (1927), Vol. IV, p. 503. says that " while a positive result is highly presumptive of typhoid, a negative finding has no significance." There is a tempera...

A Case for Diagnosis