Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following dengue fever.
A58-year-old man suffered from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) after dengue fever. ADEM has not been described as the cause of neurological complications in dengue fever. However, the increasing use of magnetic resonance imaging in endemic areas may help to identify ADEM as being responsible for neurological complications in dengue fever.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
Yuuji
Y
Yamamoto
Tomohiko
T
Takasaki
Ken-ichiro
K
Yamada
Mikio
M
Kimura
Kazushige
K
Washizaki
Kouki
K
Yoshikawa
Akihiro
A
Hitani
Tetsuya
T
Nakamura
Aikichi
A
Iwamoto
D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged