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Children, 2019 Pediatric transverse myelitis (TM) is an acquired, immune-mediated disorder that leads to injury of the spinal cord and often manifests as weakness, numbness, bowel dysfunction, and/or bladder dysfunction. Multiple etiologies for myelitis can result in a
Cynthia Wang, Benjamin Greenberg
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Rare case of acute transverse myelitis associated with Lyme neuroborreliosis [PDF]
IDCases, 2022 Acute transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder that leads to acute spinal cord injury due to inflammation caused by autoimmune disorders or by parainfectious etiologies.
Mujtaba Chohan, Dhara Rana, Nagwa Hafez
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Neurogenic shock due to transverse myelitis with Landry’s acute flaccid paralysis in a child [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2022 Neurogenic shock is a life-threatening condition mostly associated with cervical and high thoracic spine injury, whereas transverse myelitis leading to neurogenic shock is extremely rare.
Kiem Hao Tran +2 more
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Transverse myelitis following COVID-19 infection. What is the mechanism? A case report and literature review [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2021 The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak became one of the most global health challenges in the recent century. Transverse myelitis is a rare medical condition reported in few case reports following COVID-19 infection. We
Babak Alijani +3 more
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Compressive epidural fluid collection secondary to varicella zoster transverse myelitis
Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2021 Transverse myelitis is often clinically indistinguishable from compressive myelopathies that require emergent neurosurgical intervention. Here, we present a case of acute varicella zoster virus transverse myelitis that was associated with a compressive ...
Vase Bari, Jonathan Frommelt, Vikas Jain
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COVID-19 associated myelitis: A case series
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022 Spinal cord involvement in COVID-19 infections can be varied and may present as acute transverse myelitis, acute necrotizing myelitis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, Myelin oligodendrocyte-associated glycoprotein (MOG) antibody myelitis, and ...
Pravin Naphade +4 more
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Postpartum acute transverse myelitis complicated by epidural analgesia, a case report
Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Objective: Postpartum acute transverse myelitis after epidural anesthesia is uncommon, but this complication is devastating. The relationship between anesthetic procedures and acute transverse myelitis is debatable.
Yi Liu, Fu-Chi Yang, Chi-Kung Lin
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Concurrency of Guillain-Barre syndrome and acute transverse myelitis: a case report and review of literature [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute transverse myelitis manifest as demyelinating diseases of the peripheral and central nervous system. Concurrency of these two disorders is rarely documented in literature.
Orkun Tolunay +5 more
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Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis and transverse myelitis in a child with COVID-19
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 Background. Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) includes a wide range of diseases with varying pathophysiology in children and adults. Although the disease mainly affects the respiratory tract, neurological involvement is also reported in the ...
Hatice Gamze Poyrazoğlu +5 more
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Acute cervical-transverse myelitis following intranasal insufflation of heroin
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 Irrespective of the route of administration, heroin abuse is attributed to severe medical complications and a high risk for addiction. Complications of acute heroin insufflation vary greatly from epistaxis, anosmia, rhabdomyolysis, stroke, and transverse
Mukhtar Eyas, MD, MBA +3 more
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