Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a call to the clinicians for keeping this rare condition on clinical radar

Chaudhry, Liaqat Ali; Babur, Waseem; Chaudhry, Ghazala Aslam; Al-Atawi, Feddah Eid; Robert, Asirvatham Alwin

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is a rare disease of central nervous system, which can present with a variety of clinical manifestations. That is why first attack of ADEM, in particular remains a diagnostic puzzle. Early anticipation and diagnosis is important for better outcomes. We present a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis which initially had atypical clinical features with cough, expectoration, fever and later manifested strange neurological features, diagnosed to be a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis based on radio-imaging.