LI Ming-chao, et al. Clinical and laboratory analysis on 60 children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(5):637-639(2009)
LI Ming-chao, et al. Clinical and laboratory analysis on 60 children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(5):637-639(2009)DOI:
Clinical and laboratory analysis on 60 children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Objective:To analyze the clinical and laboratory features of children with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis(ADEM)
in order to raise awareness of this disease and improve the early diagnosis and treatment.Methods:Clinical situation
auxiliary examination results
treatment and the prognosis of 60 children with ADEM admitted from January 2005 to January 2007 to Chongqing medical university Children’s hospital were analyzed.Results:In the 60 cases
there were 49 casea of history of upper respiratory tract infection
2 cases of history of vaccination
9 cases of no significant predispasition.The disease onset was acute or subacute;The first symptoms displayed disorder of the activities
conscious disturbance
convulsions and paroxysmal headache and dizziness.The main clinical manifestations showed 30 cases of brain-type
25 cases of brain-spinal cord
5 cases of spinal cord type.Cerebrospinal fluid of 48 cases was abnormal
MRI examination of 43 patients out of 47 patients
the cerebral cortex or spinal cord T1-weighted imaging showed low mixed signal
T2-weighted imaging was not homogeneous signal or high signal.Therapy with corticosteroids and immunoglobulin was effective for ADEM.Conclusion:The clinical features of children ADEM were diverse
multi-site damaged.MRI has certain characteristics and is valuable for the diagnosis of ADEM.
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