A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccination

Mina Lee; Moo-Young Ahn; Hakjae Roh

doi:10.47936/encephalitis.2021.00136

A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following human papillomavirus quadrivalent vaccination

Encephalitis. 2022 Apr;2(2):54-57. doi: 10.47936/encephalitis.2021.00136. Epub 2022 Jan 4.

Authors

Mina Lee¹, Moo-Young Ahn¹, Hakjae Roh¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare autoimmune demyelinating disease associated with preceding infection or vaccination. Herein, we report a case of refractory fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis that occurred 25 days after Gardasil vaccination (Merck).

Keywords: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Gardasil; Vaccination.

Publication types

Case Reports