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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2014
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a frequently devastating clinical syndrome which has come into focus for its association with neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Recent advances in the diagnosis of NMO have led to very sensitive and specific tests and advances in therapy for this disorder.
W Oliver, Tobin, Brian G, Weinshenker, Claudia F, Lucchinetti   +2 more
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Neurosarcoidosis presenting as longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2009
Neurosarcoidosis is an uncommon clinical entity, even in patients with systemic sarcoidosis. Its presentation is widely varied but longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis secondary to neurosarcoidosis has only rarely been described. We report the case of a patient with pulmonary sarcoidosis and congenital immunosuppression who developed ...
Rachel, Dolhun, S, Sriram
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis: Impact on functional prognosis and mortality in a 10-year follow-up cohort.

Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
BACKGROUND Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) with positivity for aquaporin-4 antibody (AQP4-IgG) represents one of the mains etiologies of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM).
Paula Baleeiro Rodrigues Silva, Samira Luisa Apóstolos Pereira, Graziella Aguiar, Sara Terrim, Flávio Vieira Marques Filho, Guilherme Diogo Silva, H. Neto, M. Boaventura, T. Adoni, D. Sato, A. Dellavance, P. Marchiori, D. Callegaro   +12 more
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Longitudinal ultra-extensive transverse myelitis as a manifestation of neurosarcoidosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2015
To analyze the clinical characteristics and outcome of patients with neurosarcoidosis manifesting as longitudinal transverse myelitis spanning 6 or more spinal segments.Retrospective analysis of 7 cases from a single institution.Four males and 5 African-American were included. The mean onset age for neurological symptoms was 49.1 years old.
Lei, Wang, Yuebing, Li
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Diagnostic approach of patients with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Acta Neurologica Belgica, 2012
The aim of this study is to present a diagnostic and therapeutic approach in patients with LETM. In a period between June 2008 and June 2010, all patients who fulfilled criteria for LETM were included in the study. All patients underwent a standardized protocol of investigations presented in this paper.
Habek, Mario, Adamec, Ivan, Pavliša, Goran, Brinar, Vesna   +3 more
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A Case of Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis

2018
Primary CNS angiitis (PACNS) is distinguished from other vasculitides by its exclusive involvement of the CNS, generally in a multifocal manner. Lesions are typically, but not invariably, ischemic or hemorrhagic. Symptoms most frequently include headache, but also commonly involve cognitive impairment, focal neurological symptoms, and sometimes ...
Aaron E. Miller, Tracy M. DeAngelis, Michelle Fabian, Ilana Katz Sand   +3 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) and Meningoencephalitis Following Acute Epstein-barr Virus Infection in an Immunocompetent Male: Case Report and Review Literature.

Infectious Diseases - Drug Targets
INTRODUCTION Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) causes heterophile-positive Infectious Mononucleosis (IM), which manifests fever, sore throat, lymphadenopathy, and atypical lym-phocytosis. In the Central Nervous System (CNS), EBV can cause acute encephalitis, cere-
Jitendra Singh, Anshika Sinha, Nilesh Kumar, Kailash Kumar, A. Dinkar, Rohit Daga   +5 more
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Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis due to tuberculosis: A case report

The Neuroradiology Journal, 2022
Neurotuberculosis is a potentially fatal disease that can present with upper or lower motor neuron symptoms. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is characterized by contiguous inflammatory lesions of the spinal cord extending to three or more vertebral segments.
Mehri Salari, Bahareh Zaker Harofte, Masoud Etemadifar   +2 more
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Longitudinally-extensive transverse myelitis in the setting of recent Mycoplasma infection: Case series.

Journal of Neuroimmunology
Longitudinally-extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a rare but serious inflammatory myelopathy, often presenting with broad neurological symptoms with numerous possible etiologies that pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.
K. Curtis, Erin Hendry, Zachary Christensen, Bryce N Aidukaitis, Anjili Vara, Geoffrey A. Weinberg, Jennifer L. Nayak, B. Lee, R. Stone   +8 more
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A case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with coinfection of scrub typhus and leptospirosis

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is an immune-mediated disorder where spinal cord lesions extend over three or more contiguous vertebral segments, classically described in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. We report a case where
Hemanga Kumar Dhing, Masaraf Hussain, D. Boruah, P. Phukan, Kausalya Raghuraman   +4 more
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