A Case of Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Mimicking Leukodystrophy

• KAYA AVNI

  Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children’s Hospital

• ACIKGOZ MEHMET

  Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yιl University

• USTYOL LOKMAN

  Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yιl University

• AVCU SERHAT

  Department of Radiology, Yüzüncü Yιl University

• SAL ERTAN

  Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yιl University

• OKUR MESUT

  Department of Pediatrics, Women and Children’s Hospital

• CAKSEN HUSEYIN

  Department of Pediatrics, Yüzüncü Yιl University

抄録

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a monophasic, immune-mediated demyelinating disorder that can follow immunizations or more often infections including rubeola, rubella, varicella, herpes zoster, mumps, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, or, more commonly, other nonspecific upper respiratory tract infections. Documentation of a preceding illness is not required to make this diagnosis. This report examines the case of a 9-month-old male patient presenting with the features of an acute leukodystrophy following innoculation with the mixed vaccine Pentaxim (Sanofi Pasteur, Lyon- France) while suffering from a lower respiratory tract infection, and who was eventually diagnosed as ADEM. The case is presented as a reminder that ADEM can sometimes be linked to lower respiratory tract infection and vaccination, and that the features in such cases can be confused with leukodystrophy.

収録刊行物

• Ｔｈｅ　Ｋｕｒｕｍｅ　Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ　Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ

  Ｔｈｅ　Ｋｕｒｕｍｅ　Ｍｅｄｉｃａｌ　Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ 57 (3), 85-89, 2010

  久留米大学医学部 The Kurume Medical Journal 編集部

キーワード

• vaccination
• demyelinating
• leukodystrophy

詳細情報

• CRID: 1390282681321634688
• NII論文ID: 130000441797
• DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.57.85
• ISSN: 18812090
• ISSN: 00235679
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2011254699
• 本文言語コード: en
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