A 7-year-old boy presents with fever (39.2°C), headache, confusion, and multifocal neurologic deficits 10 days after recovery from viral upper respiratory infection. Vital signs show HR 102/min, RR 22/min, BP 108/70 mmHg, SpO2 98% on room air. CSF analysis reveals elevated protein (62 mg/dL) and mild lymphocytic pleocytosis. MRI demonstrates widespread bilateral inflammatory demyelinating white matter lesions. No focal hemorrhage noted on imaging. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. A)Multiple sclerosis
  2. B)Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
  3. C)Acute disseminated encephalomyelitisGABARITO
  4. D)Central pontine myelinolysis
  5. E)Guillain Barré syndrome

Explicação

A monophasic demyelinating illness in a child following infection with encephalopathy and multifocal white matter lesions is typical of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. Unlike multiple sclerosis, ADEM usually presents as a single inflammatory episode. Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →

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