BACKGROUND Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that is frequently preceded by an acute viral infection. This is the first reported case of ADEM associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. CASE DESCRIPTION A 46-year-old woman underwent a surgical procedure and received multiple blood transfusions, at which time...

We reviewed and compared the neuropathology of multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) in Japan. Demyelinating lesions of MS are well circumscribed as compared with the lesions of NMO and NMOSD, which reveal variable, irregularly shaped and ill-defined borders that extend longitudinally ...

In the grid environment, the problem of application software deployment and management is a major practical challenge for the end-users. Manual operation is error-prone and not scalable to large grids. In this work, we propose an automation tool for Application software DEployment and Management on Open Science Grid: ADEM. On the basis of the grid middleware Globus, it is integrated with pacman...

We report a seven year old male with measles associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) despite having received measles vaccination in infancy. The diagnosis was based on serum antimeasles antibodies and MRI brain. The patient was managed with high dose corticosteroids along with supportive measures. There was a complete neurologically and physica recovery.

Investigators from Washington University School of Medicine and University of Florida College of Medicine, report that susceptibility-weight imaging (SWI) may be useful in differentiating initial presentation of pediatric multiple sclerosis (MS) from acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM).

Received 4 July 2010. Received in final form 18 January 2011. Accepted 25 January 2011. A 5-year-old boy was admitted with history of fever, nausea, vomiting and somnolence which had started two days after H1N1 influenza vaccination. Neurological examination showed mild gait ataxia, vertical ophthalmoparesis and brisk deep tendon reflexes. Brain MRI revealed right frontal and bilateral thalamic...