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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 303-305 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Pediatric Neurology |
Volume | 24 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 04 2001 |
Externally published | Yes |