PLASMAPHERESIS IN FULMINANT ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

Authors
KANTER DS HORENSKY D SPERLING RA KAPLAN JD MALACHOWSKI ME CHURCHILL WH
Citation
Ds. Kanter et al., PLASMAPHERESIS IN FULMINANT ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, Neurology, 45(4), 1995, pp. 824-827
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
824 - 827
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1995)45:4<824:PIFADE>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
We describe two patients with fulminant acute disseminated encephalomy elitis (ADEM) treated with plasmapheresis after they failed to improve on steroids. Both patients improved concomitant with the plasma excha nge. These are the first reported cases of fulminant ADEM with extensi ve white matter abnormalities on imaging studies treated with a regime n of plasmapheresis and steroids. Plasmapheresis may be beneficial in this disorder.