Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in autoimmune hemolytic anemia

Tang Her Jaing*, Kuang Lin Lin, Cheng Hsun Chiu, Wan Chak Lo, Paul Lee Wu

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Abstract

A 16-year-old female with chronic autoimmune hemolytic anemia is presented. She was diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis by clinical findings and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and the condition occurred after a systemic infection with Cryptococcus neoformans. Intravenous immunoglobulin therapy remarkably improved the patient's neurologic deficit and resolved abnormalities evidenced on MRI. To our knowledge, this report is the first of a pediatric patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia complicated by acute disseminated encephalomyelitis that developed after an apparently successful treatment of cryptococcal meningitis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)303-305
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Neurology
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 04 2001
Externally publishedYes

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