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A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis

IDCases, 2019
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by relatively acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of transverse myelitis.
Alberto Ortega-Rosales, Nelson Delgado-Torres, Carlos Burneo-Rosales   +2 more
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Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated transverse myelitis presenting as asymmetric flaccid paralysis

Clinics and Practice, 2019
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare spinal cord inflammatory disorder that manifests as sudden onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunctions.
Shafee Salloum, Ajay Goenka, Elizabeth Ey   +2 more
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Transverse myelitis in a 26-year-old male with tuberculosis

Radiology Case Reports, 2022
Acute transverse myelitis is an inflammatory condition covering the entire cross section of the spinal cord, spreading on two or more vertebral segments, without evidence of a compressive lesion.
Edlira Harizi, MD, Kledisa Shemsi, MD, Erisa Kola, MD, Fjolla Hyseni, MD, Ina Kola, MD, Mohammad Abubaker Siddique, MD, Jafor Sadeque, MD, Arlind Decka, MD, Migena Dervishi, MD, Fareeha Nasir, MD, Livia Capi, MD, Ivan Ayala, MD, Ammy Shankar Ghosh, MD, Sanzida Sharmin Swarna, MD, Juna Musa, MD, MBBS, Ilir Ahmetgjekaj, MD, PhD   +15 more
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Coincidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with Landry’s acute flaccid paralysis and transverse myelitis

Rheumatology, 2019
Transverse myelitis is one of the causes of acute transverse myelopathy; three main categories are described in the differential diagnosis of transverse myelitis: demyelination (multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica), infections (herpes zoster and ...
Desislava Kalinova, Rasho Rashkov
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An Approach to the Diagnosis of Acute Transverse Myelitis [PDF]

Seminars in Neurology, 2008
The differential diagnosis of acute inflammatory transverse myelitis (ATM) is broad. Therefore, physicians must be aware of the many potential etiologies for acute myelopathy, and should pursue an ordered, efficient, and cost-effective approach to the diagnosis based on the patient's clinical history, examination, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ...
Anu, Jacob, Brian G, Weinshenker
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Early-onset acute transverse myelitis following hepatitis B vaccination and respiratory infection: case report [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2003
Acute transverse myelitis is an acute inflammatory process of the spinal cord and it is a rare clinical syndrome in childhood. In this paper, we report a case of 3 years-old boy who developed acute onset tetraparesia following a viral respiratory ...
Luiz Fernando Fonseca, Thelma Ribeiro Noce, Maria Letícia Gambogi Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira Jr, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto   +4 more
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Diagnostic Criteria of Acute Transverse Myelitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis (ATM), as a basis for multicenter clinical trials, are proposed by a Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group.
J Gordon Millichap
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Low trauma posterior native hip dislocation with acute longitudinal transverse myelitis due to SARS-CoV-2 - A case-report

Trauma Case Reports, 2021
Background: Native hip dislocations are most commonly seen after high energy trauma. While there are documented cases of hip dislocation with associated stroke, we present a case of posterior hip dislocation in the context of acute longitudinal ...
Chiraag Pandya, Dhrumin Sangoi, Sachin Badhe   +2 more
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Acute Transverse and Flaccid Myelitis in Children [PDF]

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2019
The etiologies of myelitis in children are broad, and our understanding of inflammatory myelopathies in the pediatric population continues to evolve. Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), increasingly linked to enterovirus infections, has risen in incidence over recent years.
Liana M, Theroux, J Nicholas, Brenton
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Micturition disturbance in acute transverse myelitis [PDF]

Spinal Cord, 1996
In ten patients with acute transverse myelitis (ATM), seven patients had urinary retention, and the other three patients had difficulty in voiding within 1 month from the onset of the disease. Five of the patients with retention became able to urinate. After the mean follow-up period of 40 months, nine still had urinary symptoms including difficulty in
R, Sakakibara, T, Hattori, K, Yasuda, T, Yamanishi   +3 more
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