Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Presenting with Hypertensive Emergency

We report a 12-year-old girl presenting with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) along with hypertensive emergency. Hypertension persisted for few weeks following recovery and subsided with oral clonidine. Although autonomic instability in ADEM has been reported before, hypertensive emergency was not previously documented as presenting feature of ADEM.

Source: Journal of Tropical Pediatrics - March 27, 2014 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Ganguly, S., Das, M., Bagchi, N. R. Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research