Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting with hypertensive emergency

Abstract

We report a 12-year-old girl presenting with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) along with hypertensive emergency. Hypertension persisted for few weeks following recovery and subsided with oral clonidine. Although autonomic instability in ADEM has been reported before, hypertensive emergency was not previously documented as presenting feature of ADEM. © The Author [2013]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.