title: Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis in a child following malaria.
abstract: Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis usually follows viral infections and its occurrence following malarial infection is very uncommon. We report a 12-year-old girl who presented with encephalopathy and generalized convulsions following complete recovery from the Plasmodium falciparum infection. Diagnosis of ADEM was made on the basis of brain MRI findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chirayu Medical College and Hospital, Near Bairagarh, Bhopal 462 030, MP, India. agrawaldramit@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: Shweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications*