Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2016 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) may be associated with viral triggers, including both infections and vaccinations. We present a case of a healthy immunocompetent 33-year-old woman who developed a hemorrhagic LETM 2 weeks after ...
Chris Y. Wu +2 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis: A Sub-Saharan Conundrum [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2020 Spinal cord schistosomiasis is a rare, underdiagnosed manifestation of schistosomiasis. We present the case of a 36-year-old male who presented to our institution with a one-week history of low back pain with rapidly progressive lower limb weakness, loss
Antonina Obayo +2 more
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Foix-Alajouanine Syndrome Mimicking Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020 Foix-Alajouanine syndrome is an arteriovenous malformation causing subacute congestive myelopathy that can lead to progressive paraplegia. It typically affects the lower thoracic and lumbosacral levels.
Anirudha S Rathnam, Anza B Memon
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A rare association of tuberculous longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) with brain tuberculoma [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis is characterized by contiguous inflammatory lesion of spinal cord involving three or more spinal segments.
Rajendra Singh Jain +2 more
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eNeurologicalSci, 2020 Severe neurologic complications following epidural and spinal anesthesia rarely occur. Transverse myelitis has been reported as a rare complication of epidural or spinal anesthesia.
Yuki Kitazaki +7 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of the Belgian Society of RadiologySpinal cord sarcoidosis is a rare condition that can present as a longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. Current imaging may suggest this pathology, but the final diagnosis relies on the histologic findings.
Joudia Touri +2 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Clinical PracticeDengue is a vector-borne tropical disease. It usually presents as dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, or dengue shock syndrome. Neurologic manifestations of dengue are rare but not uncommon.
Haramohan Sahoo +4 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis as an initial manifestation of sarcoidosis: A rare case and its management [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message Sarcoidosis‐induced LETM represents a rare but life‐threatening neurological manifestation of sarcoidosis, characterized by spinal cord inflammation, and associated neurological deficits.
Aman Kumar +9 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis in a Lupus–Neuromyelitis Optica Overlap [PDF]
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2021 Transverse myelitis is an inflammatory lesion of the spinal cord, occurring in different autoimmune, infectious, and traumatic diseases but is the hallmark of neuromyelitis optica (NMO), a rare neurologic autoimmune disease.
Yonit Tavor +3 more
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Post-COVID-19 Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis with Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibodies [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2022 Background. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody disease most commonly presents with optic neuritis, though myelitis is also possible. It is rare in the post-infectious and particularly post-COVID-19 setting. Case Presentation.
Ellen Yang +3 more
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