Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis physical examination

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujaya Chattopadhyay, M.D.[2]

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Physical examination of ADEM may reveal positive findings in different parts of the nervous system namely, the cerebral cortex, brainstem, cranial nerves and the sensory and motor tracts. Respiratory failure may prove fatal in some cases.

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Nervous system[1][2]

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Respiratory failure

References

  1. Pohl D, Alper G, Van Haren K, Kornberg AJ, Lucchinetti CF, Tenembaum S; et al. (2016). "Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: Updates on an inflammatory CNS syndrome". Neurology. 87 (9 Suppl 2): S38–45. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000002825. PMID 27572859.
  2. Stüve O, Zamvil SS (1999). "Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis". Curr Opin Neurol. 12 (4): 395–401. doi:10.1097/00019052-199908000-00005. PMID 10555827.
  3. Schwarz S, Mohr A, Knauth M, Wildemann B, Storch-Hagenlocher B (2001). "Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a follow-up study of 40 adult patients". Neurology. 56 (10): 1313–8. doi:10.1212/wnl.56.10.1313. PMID 11376180.

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