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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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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis due to toxoplasma: An autopsy study
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2018 Toxoplasma is an obligate intracellular parasite that remains asymptomatic in humans but, at times, can cause devastating disease. Here, we describe an autopsy study of a young immunocompetent gentleman with no comorbidities whose presentation was acute ...
Yareeda Sireesha +5 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis as presenting manifestation of lung adenocarcinoma
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 2018 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is an unusual manifestation of systemic malignancy. It has been mainly reported with lung cancers and lymphoproliferative malignancy.
Davinder Singh Rana +5 more
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Clinical characteristics of ultra-longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in a Peruvian cohort
Neurology PerspectivesIntroduction: Ultra-longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (uLETM) is defined as an inflammatory lesion involving 10 or more spinal cord segments.
E. Guevara-Silva +4 more
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The differential diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis
Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2011 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis refers to florid and widespread inflammation of the spinal cord causing T2 hyperintensity on spinal magnetic resonance imaging that is seen to extend over three or more vertebral segments. Whilst rare, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis is clinically important as it can lead to catastrophic ...
Kitley, J +3 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with seropositive chikungunya [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2019 Chikungunya viral (CHIKV) fever is often a self-limiting febrile illness associated with severe debilitating arthralgia. Neurological complications associated with CHIKV, although rare, have been reported in literature; however, longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LTEM) is rarely associated with it. We present a case of a middle-aged man with
Sajid Hameed +3 more
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Microbiology Research, 2022 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) associated with cytomegalovirus infection is extremely rare and is, mainly observed in immunocompetent people.
Raul Montalvo +1 more
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Refractory Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Responsive to Cyclophosphamide [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2017 AbstractSevere longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) can cause quadriplegia, marked sensory dysfunction, and respiratory failure. Some patients are unresponsive to conventional immune therapy. We report two cases of severe immune-mediated LETM requiring intensive care admission that failed to respond to high-dose corticosteroids, plasma ...
Laura J, Baxter +8 more
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A rare case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis in scrub typhus [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2023 Ajay Mishra +4 more
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