Reversible multiple hypodense areas in the white matter diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.
A case of multiple, computed tomographic areas of hypodensity in the cerebral white matter was diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The low density area regressed, and the 5-year-old patient improved after steroid treatment.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed