Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and mucocutaneous ulcerations.

Case report

English

Lackmann GM, Lyding S, Scherer A, Niehues T.

Outpatient Paediatric Office, Hamburg, Germany. GMLackmann.Praxis@t-online.de

Neuropediatrics. 2004 Aug;35(4):253-4.

Abstract

A 15-year-old Libyan girl developed typical findings of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, unveiling characteristic symptoms of Behcet’s disease by months. This disease course of neuro-Behcet’s disease is quite exceptional in children, and an isolated, high-density MRI lesion of the corpus callosum, like in the present case, has not been described in neuro-Behcet’s disease before.

Keywords: Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis – Behçet’s disease – multiple sclerosis – MRI lesions – corpus callosum – oral and genital ulcers

Link/DOI: http://www.thieme-connect.com/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-2004-820995