Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with bilateral optic neuritis following ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccination

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with bilateral optic neuritis following ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccination

Abstract Background Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare immune-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. We report a case of ADEM presenting with bilateral optic neuritis temporally associated with the ChAdOx1 vaccine against SARS-COVID19 virus. Cas...

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Main Authors: Sai A. Nagaratnam, Alex C. Ferdi, John Leaney, Raymond Lam Kwong Lee, Yun Tae Hwang, Robert Heard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-02-01
Series:BMC Neurology
Subjects:
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Oxford Astra Zeneca coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Demyelination
Case report
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02575-8

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