Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following dengue fever

Yuuji Yamamoto; Tomohiko Takasaki; Ken-ichiro Yamada; Mikio Kimura; Kazushige Washizaki; Kouki Yoshikawa; Akihiro Hitani; Tetsuya Nakamura; Aikichi Iwamoto

doi:10.1007/s101560200030

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following dengue fever

J Infect Chemother. 2002 Jun;8(2):175-7. doi: 10.1007/s101560200030.

Authors

Yuuji Yamamoto¹, Tomohiko Takasaki, Ken-ichiro Yamada, Mikio Kimura, Kazushige Washizaki, Kouki Yoshikawa, Akihiro Hitani, Tetsuya Nakamura, Aikichi Iwamoto

Affiliation

¹ 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.

PMID: 12111572
DOI: 10.1007/s101560200030

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dengue / complications*
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / diagnosis
Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / etiology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged