A Rare Case of Adult Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated with Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection

Deeba Ali,Benoît Cardos,Yilmaz Gorur,Noel Lorenzo Villalba,Nathalie Janssen,Carmen Bartha,Philippe Desfontaines,Joseph Weerts,Pascal Fajardo

A Rare Case of Adult Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis Associated with Primary Epstein-Barr Virus Infection

2019

Deeba Ali
Benoît Cardos
Yilmaz Gorur
Noel Lorenzo Villalba
Nathalie Janssen
Carmen Bartha
Philippe Desfontaines
Joseph Weerts
Pascal Fajardo

We report a rare case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) secondary to a primary Epstein-Barr (EBV) infection, in a 22-year-old male. Symptomatic infectious mononucleosis and ADEM are both quite uncommon conditions in this age group.

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Pathology
Epstein–Barr virus infection
Immunology
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
rare case
Encephalomyelitis
Mononucleosis
Epstein–Barr virus

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