Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis—Masquerading as Pediatric Stroke: Case Report

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute monophasic syndrome caused by immune-mediated inflammatory demyelination, often associated with immunization or viral illness. ADEM is associated with multiple neurological symptoms. We are presenting a case of ADEM with stroke, which responded...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Varsha H., Chaudhary, Richa, Meshram, Payal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5982495/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29899774
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_104_17
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description Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute monophasic syndrome caused by immune-mediated inflammatory demyelination, often associated with immunization or viral illness. ADEM is associated with multiple neurological symptoms. We are presenting a case of ADEM with stroke, which responded very well to high-dose steroids. Here we report a case of ADEM, masquerading as pediatric stroke.
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spelling pubmed-59824952018-06-13 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis—Masquerading as Pediatric Stroke: Case Report Chauhan, Varsha H. Chaudhary, Richa Meshram, Payal J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an acute monophasic syndrome caused by immune-mediated inflammatory demyelination, often associated with immunization or viral illness. ADEM is associated with multiple neurological symptoms. We are presenting a case of ADEM with stroke, which responded very well to high-dose steroids. Here we report a case of ADEM, masquerading as pediatric stroke. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5982495/ /pubmed/29899774 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JPN.JPN_104_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis—Masquerading as Pediatric Stroke: Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5982495/
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