Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an elderly patient

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Neurological Sciences Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Höftberger R, Leisser M, Bauer J, Lassmann H (2015) Autoimmune encephalitis in humans: how closely does it reflect multiple sclerosis? Acta Neuropathol Commun 3:80

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Raphael I, Webb J, Stuve O, Haskins W, Forsthuber T (2015) Body fluid biomarkers in multiple sclerosis: how far we have come and how they could affect the clinic now and in the future. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 11(1):69–91

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Waldman AT, Gorman MP, Rensel MR, Austin TE, Hertz DP, Kuntz NL (2011) Management of pediatric central nervous system demyelinating disorders: consensus of United States neurologists. J Child Neurol 26:675–682

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Rodríguez-Porcel F, Hornik A, Rosenblum J, Borys E, Biller J (2014) Refractory fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in an adult. Front Neurol 5:270

    PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  5. Kariyawasam S, Singh RR, Gadian J, Lumsden DE, Lin JP, Siddiqui A, Hacohen Y, Absoud M, Lim M (2015) Clinical and radiological features of recurrent demyelination following acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM). Mult Scler Relat Disord 4(5):451–456

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Rosenfeld MR, Titulaer MJ, Dalmau J (2012) Paraneoplastic syndromes and autoimmune encephalitis: five new things. Neurol Clin Pract 2(3):215–223

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  7. Ramanathan S, Mohammad SS, Brilot F, Dale RC (2014) Autoimmune encephalitis: recent updates and emerging challenges. J Clin Neurosci 21:722–730

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Peery HE, Day GS, Dunn S, Fritzler MJ, Prüss H, De Souza C, Doja A, Mossman K, Resch L, Xia C, Sakic B, Belbeck L, Foster WG (2012) Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. The disorder, the diagnosis and the immunobiology. Autoimmun Rev 11:863–872

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr. F. Colella for technical support.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrological, Anesthesiological and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Walter Verrusio, M. L. Summa, N. Gueli & M. Cacciafesta

  2. Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatry, Second University of Naples, Piazza L. Miraglia 2, 80100, Naples, Italy

    V. M. Magro

  3. Neuroradiology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    U. Angeloni

Authors
  1. Walter Verrusio
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. V. M. Magro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. M. L. Summa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. U. Angeloni
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. N. Gueli
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. M. Cacciafesta
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Walter Verrusio.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Verrusio, W., Magro, V.M., Summa, M.L. et al. Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in an elderly patient. Neurol Sci 38, 2045–2047 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3044-0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3044-0

Search

Navigation