A Rare Case of Adult Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated with Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection

Ali, Deeba and Cardos, Benoît and Gorur, Yilmaz and Lorenzo Villalba, Noel and Janssen, Nathalie and Bartha, Carmen and Desfontaines, Philippe and Weerts, Joseph and Fajardo, Pascal (2019) A Rare Case of Adult Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated with Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (4). ISSN 2284-2594

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Abstract

We report a rare case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) secondary to a primary Epstein-Barr (EBV) infection, in a 22-year-old male. Symptomatic infectious mononucleosis and ADEM are both quite uncommon conditions in this age group.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Encephalomyelitis, demyelinating, corticosteroids, Epstein-Barr virus
Subjects: 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale)
Depositing User: Chiara D'Arpa
Date Deposited: 10 Jun 2019 14:44
Last Modified: 10 Jun 2019 14:44
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18994

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