Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Synonyms

ADEM

Definitions

An acute or subacute inflammatory process of the central nervous system characterized histologically by multiple foci of perivascular demyelination. Symptom onset usually occurs several days after an acute viral infection or immunization, but it may coincide with the onset of infection or rarely no antecedent event can be identified. Clinical manifestations include confusion, somnolence, fever, nuchal rigidity, and involuntary movements. The illness may progress to coma and eventually be fatal. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p921) [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID3415

Definition

An acute or subacute inflammatory process of the central nervous system characterized histologically by multiple foci of perivascular demyelination. Symptom onset usually occurs several days after an acute viral infection or immunization, but it may coincide with the onset of infection or rarely no antecedent event can be identified. Clinical manifestations include confusion, somnolence, fever, nuchal rigidity, and involuntary movements. The illness may progress to coma and eventually be fatal. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p921) [MeSH]

label

RID3415

Preferred_name

acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Preferred_name_German

Akute disseminierte Enzephalomyelitis

prefixIRI

RID3415

Synonym

ADEM

UMLS_ID

C0014059

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID3414

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