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Teaching NeuroImages: Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in MELAS

, 2016
A 16-year-old girl presented with acute-onset flaccid quadriparesis with urinary incontinence. Medical history unveiled generalized epilepsy since age 7 years and status epilepticus 3 years before. Multisystem compromise was absent.
Souza, Paulo Victor Sgobbi de [UNIFESP], Pinto, Wladimir Bocca Vieira de Rezende [UNIFESP], Oliveira, Acary Souza Bulle [UNIFESP]   +2 more
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Real‐World Investigation of Satralizumab in Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 665-675, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Satralizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting the interleukin‐6 receptor, has demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). However, its real‐world effectiveness and safety compared to conventional immunosuppressive therapies remain uncertain.
Li‐Tsung Lin, Hui‐An Lin, Sheng‐Feng Lin   +2 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis With and Without Aquaporin 4 Antibodies

JAMA Neurology, 2013
Aquaporin 4 antibody (AQP4-Ab)-negative patients with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) behave differently from those with AQP4-Ab. Aquaporin 4 antibody-negative neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is rare when good assays are used.To assess if AQP4-Ab-negative patients with LETM share similar disease characteristics with AQP4-Ab-positive ...
Kitley, J, Leite, M, Küker, W, Quaghebeur, G, George, J, Waters, P, Woodhall, M, Vincent, A, Palace, J   +8 more
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Seronegative Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum - The challenges on disease definition and pathogenesis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2014
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) are characterized by severe optic neuritis and/or longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis, and some brain lesions are also unique to NMOSD.
Douglas Kazutoshi Sato, Dagoberto Callegaro, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Ichiro Nakashima, Kazuo Fujihara   +4 more
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Systemic sclerosis in aquaporin-4 antibody-positive longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

, 2011
We report on the first patient with a relapsing, anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP-4) antibody-positive, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) who developed systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Piccolo L, CERONI, MAURO, CAPORALI, ROBERTO, Romani A, Zardini E, Marchioni E, Alberici E, Bergamaschi R, Franciotta D, Piccolo G.   +9 more
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A case of tubercular meningoencephalitis with transverse myelitis

Radiology Case Reports
Central nervous system tuberculosis accounts for approximately 1% of all tuberculosis cases. Transverse myelitis is an extremely rare manifestation of central nervous system tuberculosis, involving 1 or more vertebral segments of the spinal cord. However,
Abhikanta Khatiwada, MD, Sharada K C, MD, Anamika Jha, MD, Sashi Sekhar Singh, MD   +3 more
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108 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis as the sole manifestation of sarcoidosis

, 2018
IntroductionNeurosarcoidosis is a rare disease with variable clinical and radiological manifestations. We report a case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis mimicking NMO that was pathologically confirmed to be sarcoidosis.Case a 50 year old ...
John Parratt, Ariadna Fontes-Villalba
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Pearls & Oy-sters: Spinal Cord Candidiasis Linked to CARD9 Deficiency Masquerading as a Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis

, 2022
International audienceCandida spp. myelopathies are very rare. We report a case of subacute longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in an apparently immunocompetent 55-year-old man.
Fanny Lanternier, Jeantin, Lina, Davy, Vincent, Vincent Davy, Isabelle Plu, Maillart, Elisabeth, Maria del Mar Amador, Plu, Isabelle, Pourcher, Valérie, Elisabeth Maillart, Amador, Maria del Mar, Valérie Pourcher, Lanternier, Fanny, Lina Jeantin   +13 more
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Lingual Dyskinesia as the Presenting Feature of Acquired Demyelinating Syndrome: A Case Report and Review of Differential Diagnoses

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 62, Issue 6, Page 1060-1065, June 2026.
Briana Davis, Ahmed Kaki, Eppie M. Yiu, Emma Macdonald‐Laurs   +3 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) following varicella infection in a 13-year immunocompetent child: A case report

, 2019
Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children following infection with varicella zoster virus.
Shankar Kaushik, Jaya, Gathwala, Geeta, Mehta, Poonam, Dubey, Rachana, Kumar Gehlawat, Virender   +4 more
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