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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after mastoid surgery in a child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2007

N A Khan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
R K Bhalla
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
C G E L de Goede
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.
M P Rothera
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK
O Ismayl
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

Abstract

We present a case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after mastoid surgery in an 11-year-old child. The aim of this paper is to increase awareness about a previously unreported and an unusual neurological complication of cholesteatoma and mastoid surgery.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
2007 JLO (1984) Limited

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