title: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting with hypertensive emergency.
abstract: We report a 12-year-old girl presenting with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) along with hypertensive emergency. Hypertension persisted for few weeks following recovery and subsided with oral clonidine. Although autonomic instability in ADEM has been reported before, hypertensive emergency was not previously documented as presenting feature of ADEM.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, Sushruta Nagar, Siliguri, Darjeeling - 734 012, West Bengal, India.
authors: Samrat
authors: S
authors: Ganguly
authors: Mousumi
authors: M
authors: Das
authors: Nilay Ranjan
authors: NR
authors: Bagchi
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003000:Clonidine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020343:Hypertensive Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; C025429:methyl prednisolonate; D011239:Prednisolone; D003000:Clonidine
keywords: ADEM; CNS; clonidine; demyelination; emergency; hypertension