MRI in Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis following First-Generation Anti-Rabies Vaccine Administration in a Child

Abstract

Italian

Anti-rabies vaccines containing animal-brain tissue give rise to a variety of neurological complications including ADEM. MRI performed in a child with ADEM following such vaccination showed hyper-intense signals in cortex, thalami and basal ganglia. The changes are similar to those in postinfectious ADEM. Demyelination seen following vaccination may be due to immune reaction against myelin.

Keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis anti-rabies vaccine magnetic resonance imaging

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