Clin Neuropathol
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Case Reports
Plaque-like demyelination in acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) - an autopsy case report.
The pattern of demyelination in the scant autopsy literature on acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is described as perivenous sleeves. We report an unusual neuropathological presentation of ADEM, also known as postinfectious or perivenous encephalomyelitis. ⋯ The morphology of individual demyelinating< lesions is indistinguishable from the lesions in a new onset case of multiple sclerosis (MS) and adds to the autopsy literature on overlapping neuropathological findings in ADEM and multiple sclerosis.