LEFT-VENTRICULAR FAILURE AND PULMONARY-EDEMA IN ACUTE MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS

We describe a young woman who developed left ventricular failure and p ulmonary edema during fulminant onset of multiple sclerosis. One of th e numerous plaques was located in the the left inferior cerebellar ped uncle near the dorsal motor vagal and solitary tract nuclei. Within tw o days pulmonary edema had cleared, and within three days left ventric ular function was normal. To our knowledge, left ventricular failure h as not earlier been verified in acute multiple sclerosis.