Post-traumatic Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

Overview

Journal Radiol Case Rep

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Radiology

Date 2016 Jun 22

PMID 27326289

Authors

Dali Magazi

Lezanne Wynand-Ndlovu

Patrick Legwara

Baile Matlala

Sidney Sebiloane

Jeshal Patel

Affiliations

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Abstract

A 23-year-old black African male fell and bumped his head from a tackle while playing soccer. He subsequently became blind from optic neuritis. An MRI of the brain showed white-matter changes suggestive of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). MR spectroscopy of the brain showed a demyelination pattern. This case report brings to the fore unsettled questions about ADEM, among them being whether it can occur as a post-traumatic event.

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