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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare monophasic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder characterized by multifocal demyelinating lesions of the central nervous system. Clinically, it is distinguished by a variety of acute neurological deficits, including varying degrees of mental sta...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345729 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22551 |
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author | Akcan, Tugce Gajera, Milan Najjar Mojarrab, Javad Medani, Abuzaid |
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description | Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare monophasic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder characterized by multifocal demyelinating lesions of the central nervous system. Clinically, it is distinguished by a variety of acute neurological deficits, including varying degrees of mental state changes and white matter abnormalities detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present a challenging case of a young woman who developed ADEM as a result of chronic cannabis abuse. This, to the best of our knowledge, is the second case report of ADEM linked to cannabis abuse. |
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spelling | pubmed-89569302022-03-27 Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse Akcan, Tugce Gajera, Milan Najjar Mojarrab, Javad Medani, Abuzaid Cureus Internal Medicine Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare monophasic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder characterized by multifocal demyelinating lesions of the central nervous system. Clinically, it is distinguished by a variety of acute neurological deficits, including varying degrees of mental state changes and white matter abnormalities detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present a challenging case of a young woman who developed ADEM as a result of chronic cannabis abuse. This, to the best of our knowledge, is the second case report of ADEM linked to cannabis abuse. Cureus 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8956930/ /pubmed/35345729 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22551 Text en Copyright © 2022, Akcan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Internal Medicine Akcan, Tugce Gajera, Milan Najjar Mojarrab, Javad Medani, Abuzaid Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title_full | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title_fullStr | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title_short | Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated With Chronic Cannabis Abuse |
title_sort | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with chronic cannabis abuse |
topic | Internal Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345729 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22551 |
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