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Sarcoidosis Presenting as Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology
Spinal 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, Abdellatif Bali, Jean-François Poma   +2 more
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Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) as a First Presentation of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD): A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Here we present a rare case of hemorrhagic longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) as a first presentation of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Even though the patient received aggressive treatment, he showed no significant improvement.
Shima Jahani, Fateme Jamshidi, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi   +2 more
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Spinal Cord Involvement in Neurosarcoidosis: A Case of Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis at Disease Onset [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Acute‐onset neurological deficits in otherwise healthy individuals warrant a broad differential diagnosis. Neurosarcoidosis presenting as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis is rare, mimicking demyelinating, infectious, or neoplastic disorders ...
Areeb Tiwana, Vicky Elias Nahra, Muhammad Adeel Hassan   +2 more
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Clinical characteristics of ultra-longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in a Peruvian cohort

Neurology Perspectives
Introduction: Ultra-longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (uLETM) is defined as an inflammatory lesion involving 10 or more spinal cord segments.
E. Guevara-Silva, C. Caparó-Zamalloa, V. Osorio-Marcatinco, K. Álvarez-Toledo, S. Castro-Suarez   +4 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis and Vasculitis by Cryptococcosis in a Non-HIV Patient: A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Neurol
Introduction Cryptococcosis is a fungal infection with frequent involvement of the central nervous system, particularly in patients immunocompromised by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Ariza-Varon M, Soto-Moreno N, Pinzon N, Camacho N, Vallejo Fernández JD.   +4 more
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Brain corticospinal tract abnormalities in aquaporin-4 seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. [PDF]

Brain Commun
Widespread white matter changes, including those in the corticospinal tract (CST), have been observed in patients with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD).
Zhang C, Yao Y, Sun J, Xu Y, Wang H, Zhuo ZZ, Duan Y, Zhang X, Liu Y, Ding W, Tian DC.   +10 more
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Steroid Refractory and Plasma Exchange Partially Responsive Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Due to Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (Etanercept): A Case Report [PDF]

Clinics and Practice
Background: Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord with heterogeneous etiologies, including autoimmune, infectious, paraneoplastic, and drug-induced causes.
Jelena Stojsavljevic, Rafael R. Perez, Emilia Petcu, Celestine Odenigbo, Cristian Madrid, Igor Dumic, Charles W. Nordstrom   +6 more
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Neuromyelitis optica - a cause for longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis: a rare case report from Nepal and literature review. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Introduction: Neuromyelitis optica is a rare autoimmune condition, which is manifested by inflammation of optic nerve (optic neuritis) and spinal cord (myelitis).
Sah U, Tripathi A, Shah S, Poudel S, Bhardwaj A, Jha A, Mishra A, Yadav AK, Nishad SR.   +8 more
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Case Report: Spinal cord abscess due to <i>Nocardia farcinica</i> presenting as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
A middle-aged man, renal transplant recipient, was admitted with lower extremity paralysis, loss of sensation and urinary retention. The initial diagnostic workup revealed extensive inflammatory spinal changes on imaging, consistent with longitudinally ...
Chengsupanimit T, Mahajan A, Farhadian S, Machiavello Roman F.   +3 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis after pembrolizumab and lenvatinib therapy for a rare subtype of renal cell carcinoma: A case report. [PDF]

Oncol Lett
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized oncology, shifting the approach from directly targeting tumor cells to enhancing the immune response of the host towards tumor cells by blocking inhibitory receptors or ligands.
Piętak M, Kruczyk B, Domański P, Jarosińska J, Hołdakowska A, Demkow T, Kucharz J.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources