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==Overview==
==Overview==
The exact mechanism of [[acute]] [[disseminated]] [[encephalomyelitis]] is not determined. However, it is usually preceded by an environmental trigger, e.g. an [[infection]] or [[vaccination]] and affects individuals with a [[genetic]] predisposition.


==Pathophysiology==  
==Pathophysiology<ref name="pmid30683508">{{cite journal| author=Torisu H, Okada K| title=Vaccination-associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. | journal=Vaccine | year= 2019 | volume= 37 | issue= 8 | pages= 1126-1129 | pmid=30683508 | doi=10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.021 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30683508 }} </ref>==
* ''Pathology'' shows scattered foci of ''demyelination'' and ''perivenular inflammation'' throughout the brain and spinal cord.   
*[[Acute]] [[disseminated]] [[encephalomyelitis]] is described as an [[autoimmune]] disorder, resulting in [[central]] [[nervous]] system [[demyelination]].Enviromental [[stimuli]] activate [[cellular]] and [[humoral]] responses which cross-react with [[myelin]] [[autoantigens]] namely, [[myelin]] basic [[protein]], [[myelin]] [[oligoendrocyte]] [[protein]], [[proteolipid]] [[protein]].
*:* The foci may be 0.1 to several millimeters, and usually surround small and medium sized veins.
* In an  alternative mechanism, post-[[vaccination]] and [[post-infective]] circulating [[immune]] [[complexes]] in the [[CNS]] give rise to an [[inflammatory]] reaction, resulting in increased [[vascular]] [[permeability]] and [[congestion]]. This disrupts the [[blood]]- [[brain]] barrier, allowing infiltration by [[antigens]] and [[mononuclear]] [[cells]]. They cause [[perivascular]] [[edema]] and [[hemorrhage]] which culminate in [[demyelination]], [[necrosis]] and [[gliosis]]. Although typically observed in [[white matter]], [[gray matter]] involvement is also seen in [[basal ganglia]], [[thalamus]] and [[cerebral]] [[cortex]]<ref name="pmid15437201">{{cite journal| author=VAN BOGAERT L| title=Post-infectious encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis; the significance of perivenous encephalomyelitis. | journal=J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | year= 1950 | volume= 9 | issue= 3 | pages= 219-49 | pmid=15437201 | doi=10.1097/00005072-195007000-00001 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15437201  }} </ref>.
*:* The nerves cells and axons are generally intact
*Some of the [[vaccine-associated]] [[cases]] can be attributed to the contamination of the [[vaccine]] with [[CNS]] [[tissue]], reported for the [[Semple]] vaccine for [[rabies]]<ref name="pmid2433582">{{cite journal| author=Hemachudha T, Griffin DE, Giffels JJ, Johnson RT, Moser AB, Phanuphak P| title=Myelin basic protein as an encephalitogen in encephalomyelitis and polyneuritis following rabies vaccination. | journal=N Engl J Med | year= 1987 | volume= 316 | issue= 7 | pages= 369-74 | pmid=2433582 | doi=10.1056/NEJM198702123160703 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=2433582  }} </ref> and the [[vaccine]] strains of [[Japanese encephalitis]]<ref name="pmid10210877">{{cite journal| author=Plesner AM, Arlien-Soborg P, Herning M| title=Neurological complications to vaccination against Japanese encephalitis. | journal=Eur J Neurol | year= 1998 | volume= 5 | issue= 5 | pages= 479-485 | pmid=10210877 | doi=10.1046/j.1468-1331.1998.550479.x | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=10210877 }} </ref>.   
*:* Perivenular inflammation is manifested by cellular reaction by pleomorphic microglia, in the region of demyelination, and lymphocytes and mononuclear cells about the vessel. Multifocal meningeal cellular infiltration may also be present.
===Current [[pathogenic]] concepts developed from animal models<ref name="pmid164412">{{cite journal| author=Lipton HL| title=Theiler's virus infection in mice: an unusual biphasic disease process leading to demyelination. | journal=Infect Immun | year= 1975 | volume= 11 | issue= 5 | pages= 1147-55 | pmid=164412 | doi=10.1128/iai.11.5.1147-1155.1975 | pmc=415190 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=164412 }} </ref>===
*:* Peripheral nervous system demyelination is present in a subset
====[[Inflammatory]] cascade concept<ref name="pmid16286539">{{cite journal| author=Menge T, Hemmer B, Nessler S, Wiendl H, Neuhaus O, Hartung HP | display-authors=etal| title=Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: an update. | journal=Arch Neurol | year= 2005 | volume= 62 | issue= 11 | pages= 1673-80 | pmid=16286539 | doi=10.1001/archneur.62.11.1673 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16286539  }} </ref>====
* '''Postvaccinial disease may occur after:'''
*[[CNS]] [[tissue]] is damaged by direct [[infection]] by a [[neurotropic]] [[pathogen]], resulting in leakage of [[autoantigens]] through a disrupted [[blood-brain barrier]].
*:* '''Rabies vaccine''' (also known as a neuroparalytic accident)
*The [[auto-antigens]] are processed in systemic [[lymphatic]] organs, leading to [[tolerance]] breakdown and a self-reactive [[encephalitogenic]] [[T-cell]] response.
*:*:* Noted mostly only after use of the Semple vaccine, which uses phenol-inactivated virus propagated in brains of adult rats, and occurs in 1-10 per 5000 given this vaccine; affected patients have a mortality rate of 25%. This vaccine has been replaced in most developed countries such as the U.S. by vaccine grown in duck embryos or human diploid tissue, which has largely eliminated this complication.
*Such activated [[T-cells]] perpetuate a vicious cycle of further [[CNS]] damage and [[inflammation]].
*:* '''Smallpox vaccine'''
====[[Molecular mimicry]] concept<ref name="pmid16286539">{{cite journal| author=Menge T, Hemmer B, Nessler S, Wiendl H, Neuhaus O, Hartung HP | display-authors=etal| title=Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: an update. | journal=Arch Neurol | year= 2005 | volume= 62 | issue= 11 | pages= 1673-80 | pmid=16286539 | doi=10.1001/archneur.62.11.1673 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16286539  }} </ref>====
*:*:* Eradication of smallpox has eliminated need for prophylaxis
*It is attributed to a structural or partial [[amino acid]] sequence [[homology]] between the foreign [[pathogen]] and the [[myelin]] [[proteins]] of the host.
*:*:* Occurred in 1 in 4000 vaccinations
*[[Antigen-presenting]] [[B cells]] or [[dendritic cells]] process the [[antigen]] at the site of [[inoculation]], leading to [[T-cell]] stimulation, which may [[cross-activate]] production of [[antigen-specific]] [[B cells]].  
*:* '''Measles vaccine'''
*Both [[T-cells]] and [[B-cells]] are capable to entering the [[CNS]] and encounters the indigenous [[myelin]] [[proteins]] during routine [[CNS]] [[surveillance]].
*:*:* ADEM may occur after live measles vaccination very rarely, in approximately one in one million vaccinations
*They may become reactivated by local [[antigen-presenting cells]] such as the [[microglia]], inciting an [[inflammatory]] response against the presumed [[foreign]] [[antigen]].
*:* '''Japanese B encephalitis vaccine'''
*Thus, the initial [[physiologic]] response culminates in detrimental [[autoimmunity]].
*:*:* Rare complication, perhaps in one in one million
*:*:* Postinfectious encephalomyelitis may be seen after a number of infectious processes, most commonly the viral exanthems of childhood.
*:*:* Infectious versus post-infectious viral associated encephalomyelitis is not always easy to distinguish clinically, though the sequence of presentation is usually helpful''Viral associated encephalomyelitis pathologically shows viral invasion of neurons, and the virus may be culturedPostinfectious encephalomyelitis spares neurons, but demyelination and perivenular inflammation is prominent.''
*:* '''Measles viral infection''' is one of the most common associations with ADEM: ADEM occurs in about 1 in a 1000 cases. 10-20% of those affected die, and 10-20% are left with persistent neurologic sequelae.
*:*:* Vaccination with a live measles vaccine in developed countries has made this uncommon in the developed countriesADEM may occur after live measles vaccination very rarely, in approximately one in one million vaccinations.
*:* '''Varicella-zoster virus (VZV)/Chickenpox'''
*:*:* 0.1-0.7% of chickenpox infections may be associated with neurologic manifestations; many of these are mild and self-limited, though these patients may present with ADEM
*:*:* Prominent cerebellar features are common
*:*:* Temporal relationship between skin and neurologic findings is quite variable
*:* '''Mumps'''
*:* '''Rubella'''
*:* '''Smallpox'''
*:* '''Infectious mononucleosis – Epstein-Barr virus’’’
*:* '''Mycoplasma'''
*:* '''Cytomegalovirus'''
*:* '''Influenza'''
*:* '''Parainfluenza'''
* The ''pathogenesis'' of ADEM has not been completely worked out, but the demyelination and inflammation appear to occur due to immune reactivity to self-antigens, induced either via mimicry or adjuvant effects, in association with exposure to infectious or other environmental antigens.
* Myelin basic protein (MBP) is one of the antigens involved. After measles and rabies vaccinations, MBP-reactive T cells and antibodies have been documented in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of some patients.  Induction of immune response to other central nervous system constituents has also been documented following measles infection, but only development of antibodies to MBP appears thus far to correlate with the development of ADEM.
* An animal model has been developed, ''experimental allergic encephalomyelitis'', produced by inoculating animals with a mixture of sterile brain tissue and adjuvants.  About 8-15 days after inoculation, a similar neurologic disease develops, with similar pathologic findings.
* Some cases of postvaccinial enchephalomyelitis may occur as a consequence of exposure to brain material that contaminates viral vaccines.
* Other cases may occur as a consequence of direct viral central nervous system (CNS) invasion, though attempts to document viral invasion have been unsuccessful, and the pathology is different from that seen in infectious encephalomyelitis.


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujaya Chattopadhyay, M.D.[2]

Overview

The exact mechanism of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis is not determined. However, it is usually preceded by an environmental trigger, e.g. an infection or vaccination and affects individuals with a genetic predisposition.

Pathophysiology[1]

Current pathogenic concepts developed from animal models[5]

Inflammatory cascade concept[6]

Molecular mimicry concept[6]

References

  1. Torisu H, Okada K (2019). "Vaccination-associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis". Vaccine. 37 (8): 1126–1129. doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.01.021. PMID 30683508.
  2. VAN BOGAERT L (1950). "Post-infectious encephalomyelitis and multiple sclerosis; the significance of perivenous encephalomyelitis". J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 9 (3): 219–49. doi:10.1097/00005072-195007000-00001. PMID 15437201.
  3. Hemachudha T, Griffin DE, Giffels JJ, Johnson RT, Moser AB, Phanuphak P (1987). "Myelin basic protein as an encephalitogen in encephalomyelitis and polyneuritis following rabies vaccination". N Engl J Med. 316 (7): 369–74. doi:10.1056/NEJM198702123160703. PMID 2433582.
  4. Plesner AM, Arlien-Soborg P, Herning M (1998). "Neurological complications to vaccination against Japanese encephalitis". Eur J Neurol. 5 (5): 479–485. doi:10.1046/j.1468-1331.1998.550479.x. PMID 10210877.
  5. Lipton HL (1975). "Theiler's virus infection in mice: an unusual biphasic disease process leading to demyelination". Infect Immun. 11 (5): 1147–55. doi:10.1128/iai.11.5.1147-1155.1975. PMC 415190. PMID 164412.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Menge T, Hemmer B, Nessler S, Wiendl H, Neuhaus O, Hartung HP; et al. (2005). "Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: an update". Arch Neurol. 62 (11): 1673–80. doi:10.1001/archneur.62.11.1673. PMID 16286539.

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