منابع مشابه
Fulminant demyelinating encephalomyelitis: Insights from antibody studies and neuropathology.
OBJECTIVES Antibodies to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) are detectable in inflammatory demyelinating CNS diseases, and MOG antibody-associated diseases seem to have a better prognosis despite occasionally severe presentations. METHODS We report the case of a 71-year-old patient with acute visual and gait disturbance that dramatically worsened to bilateral amaurosis, tetraplegia, an...
متن کاملAcute demyelinating encephalomyelitis in malaria.
The recent article on acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis in a patient with falciparum malaria is very interesting [1]. Indeed, the neurological complication of falciparum malaria is not uncommon but the acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis is extremely rare. Recently, a similar case was published in another journal [2]. It was proposed that the pathophysiology is due to immunopathological p...
متن کاملAcute fulminant demyelinating disease: a descriptive study of 60 patients.
BACKGROUND Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is characterized by a severe inflammatory attack, frequently secondary to infectious events or vaccinations. To date, no clear criteria exist for ADEM, and the risk of subsequent evolution to multiple sclerosis (MS) remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk of evolution to MS after a first episode of ADEM. DESIGN Observational, r...
متن کاملAcute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis in a Neonate Secondary to Dengue Infection.
A 9-day-old term male neonate was referred to us with history of fever, lethargy, poor feeding and seizures. The neonate was delivered by elective caeserian section, and weighed 2.98 kg at birth. The mother was treated for undiagnosed febrile illness before the delivery which lasted for a week. On 6th day of life, the child was readmitted in view of poor feeding and fever. Septic workup was neg...
متن کاملCase report: acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis following viper bite
The most serious complications of the central nervous system that occur after venomous snake bite are intracranial hemorrhage and ischemic stroke.We present a rarely seen central nervous system complication, acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis, after a treated Deinagkistrodon's viper bite.On April 5, 2015, a 50-year-old male farmer was bitten on his right leg by a Deinagkistrodon's viper. The...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neurology - Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2332-7812
DOI: 10.1212/nxi.0000000000000175