Acute demyelinizating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) as initial presentation of primary HIV infection.
The authors report a patient with sexual exposure, clinical symptoms, MRI, virological and CSF findings suggestive of acute demyelinizating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) as initial presentation of primary HIV infection. The aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of ADEM is reviewed, and the sparse existing literature on ADEM and HIV infection is discussed.
Mogensen
Trine H
TH
Department of Infectious Diseases, Skejby Hospital, University Hospital of Aarhus, Aarhus N, Denmark. trine.mogensen@dadlnet.dk
Marinovskij
Edvard
E
Larsen
Carsten S
CS
D000208:Acute Disease; D001727:Bisexuality; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged