An 80-year-old man developed dysarthria, quadriplegia, sensory disturbance and ataxia in all limbs. Brain and spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple enhanced lesions. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA) remarkably elevated. Tuberculosis DNA was not detected, and tuberculosis was not cultured either in the CSF. Brain biopsy revealed the inflammatory demyelinating lesions. With the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, corticosteroid therapy resulted in rapid improvement of his symptoms and MRI abnormalities. CSF levels of ADA also decreased. Multiple sclerosis should be included in differential diagnosis of disorders with ADA elevation in the CSF.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Polachini, C. R. N.
Spanevello, R. M.
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Univ Fed Pelotas, Ctr Ciencias Quim Farmaceut & Alimentos, Programa Posgrad Bioquim & Bioprospeccao, BR-96010900 Pelotas, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Spanevello, R. M.
Casali, E. A.
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Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Ciencias Basicas Saude, BR-90035003 Porto Alegre, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Casali, E. A.
Zanini, D.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Zanini, D.
Pereira, L. B.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Pereira, L. B.
Martins, C. C.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Martins, C. C.
Baldissareli, J.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Baldissareli, J.
Cardoso, A. M.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Cardoso, A. M.
Duarte, M. F.
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Univ Luterana Brazil, Ctr Ciencias Saude, Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Duarte, M. F.
da Costa, P.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
da Costa, P.
Prado, A. L. C.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Centro Ciencias Saude, Dept Fisioterapia & Reabilitacao, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Prado, A. L. C.
Schetinger, M. R. C.
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Univ Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, BrazilUniv Fed Santa Maria, Dept Quim, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Exatas, Programa Posgrad Bioquim Toxicol, BR-97105900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Schetinger, M. R. C.
Morsch, V. M.
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Hamadan Univ Med Sci, Dept Neurol, Hamadan, IranHamadan Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Immunol, Hamadan, Iran
Rezaei, Aliakbar
Khaeir, Fatemeh
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Hamadan Univ Med Sci, Dept Nursery, Hamadan, IranHamadan Univ Med Sci, Sch Med, Dept Immunol, Hamadan, Iran
Khaeir, Fatemeh
Hooper, D. Craig
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Thomas Jefferson Univ, Dept Canc Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19107 USA
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