Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy

We present a case of a young boy who at initial presentation was diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) but subsequently on follow-up was diagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). Differentiating ADEM from MS in their first presentation can be tricky as the features may not be typical...

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Autores principales:	Virti D Shah, Sumeet Prakash Mirgh, Nirmal Surya
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Publicado:	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017
Materias:	acute disseminated encephalomyelitis magnetic resonance imaging multiple sclerosis steroids Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:468fc0389ce84c688a30f8306a1b728d2021-12-02T17:05:54ZIsolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy2231-07702249-446410.4103/ajm.AJM_91_16https://doaj.org/article/468fc0389ce84c688a30f8306a1b728d2017-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/ajm.AJM_91_16https://doaj.org/toc/2231-0770https://doaj.org/toc/2249-4464We present a case of a young boy who at initial presentation was diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) but subsequently on follow-up was diagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). Differentiating ADEM from MS in their first presentation can be tricky as the features may not be typical of anyone. The importance lies in the close follow-up of these patients.Virti D ShahSumeet Prakash MirghNirmal SuryaThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.articleacute disseminated encephalomyelitismagnetic resonance imagingmultiple sclerosissteroidsMedicineRENAvicenna Journal of Medicine, Vol 07, Iss 02, Pp 71-74 (2017)
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spellingShingle	acute disseminated encephalomyelitis magnetic resonance imaging multiple sclerosis steroids Medicine R Virti D Shah Sumeet Prakash Mirgh Nirmal Surya Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
description	We present a case of a young boy who at initial presentation was diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) but subsequently on follow-up was diagnosed as multiple sclerosis (MS). Differentiating ADEM from MS in their first presentation can be tricky as the features may not be typical of anyone. The importance lies in the close follow-up of these patients.
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author	Virti D Shah Sumeet Prakash Mirgh Nirmal Surya
author_facet	Virti D Shah Sumeet Prakash Mirgh Nirmal Surya
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title	Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
title_short	Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
title_full	Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
title_fullStr	Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
title_full_unstemmed	Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
title_sort	isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy
publisher	Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
publishDate	2017
url	https://doaj.org/article/468fc0389ce84c688a30f8306a1b728d
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Isolated palatal weakness without optic neuritis as the presenting manifestation of multiple sclerosis and its diagnostic dilemma with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a young boy

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