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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct;8(10):2000-2003.
doi: 10.1002/acn3.51447. Epub 2021 Sep 4.

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2

Karolina Kania  1 , Wojciech Ambrosius  1 , Elzbieta Tokarz Kupczyk  1 , Wojciech Kozubski  1
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a patient vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2

Karolina Kania et al. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2021 Oct.

Abstract

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a demyelinating disease, and there are some data that link this event with various vaccinations. We report a young female admitted to the hospital with headache, fever, back pain, nausea, vomiting, and urinary retention. Two weeks prior, she received the first dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine. Brain and spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed distinctive for ADEM widespread demyelinating lesions. The patient was successfully treated with methylprednisolone.

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Hyperintense areas shown on MRI brain (FLAIR and post contrast T1‐weighted), cervical and thoracic spine (T2‐weighted) images.
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