Post-traumatic Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis: Case Report
Sidi Mohamed. Sidi Mahmoud ML *
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
S. Ait Ahmed
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
S. M. L. Dadah
Neurology Department, Specialized Hospital Center, NKTT, Mauritania.
F. Benbrahim
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
S. Benchakroun
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
C. Mahraoui
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
N. El Hafidi
Department of Infectiology and Children's Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
We report a case of a child who developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after a trauma at home. This is a 25-month-old child, born of a non-consanguineous marriage with no perinatal history or any recent viral infections, with good psychomotor and intellectual development.
Diagnosis of encephalopathy can be difficult in children, with nonspecific, subtle, and transient symptoms, such as drowsiness or irritability that can be easily overlooked, especially in the emergency department. The best available diagnostic tool is based on clinical and radiological findings. MRI could be useful for a precise and early diagnosis necessary to solve some unanswered questions.
Keywords: Psychomotor, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, radiological findings, monophasic immune-mediated inflammatory disease