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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, Tanawan Riangwiwat, Beau K. Nakamoto   +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, Sylvia Mbugua, Sayed K. Ali   +2 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, Saboor Mateen, Varun Malhotra, Jalees Fatima, Vasim Masakputra   +4 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, Moshe Herskovitz, Galia Ronen, Alexandra Balbir-Gurman   +3 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, Megha S Uppin, Komal Bohra, Rajesh Alugolu, Mathukumalli L Neeharika, Angamuthu Kanikannan   +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, Anshu Rohatgi, Samir Patel, Nikhil Dave, Rajat Agarwal, Pooja Gupta   +5 more
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis as a First Manifestation of Sarcoidosis. [PDF]

Cureus, 2023
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a debilitating inflammatory spinal cord lesion involving several spinal segments. There are several possible etiologies, with spinal cord sarcoidosis being a rare cause of LETM. Spinal cord sarcoidosis is, in itself, a rare manifestation of sarcoidosis that can be difficult to diagnose, especially ...
Rodrigues RA, Alves T, Sousa JA, Jorge A, Geraldo A.   +4 more
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Scrub typhus with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2016
Sanjay K Mahajan, Sanyam Kumar, Mahak Garg, Madan Kaushik, Sudhir Sharma, Rajiv Raina   +5 more
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Dengue-associated longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. [PDF]

BMJ Case Rep
We diagnosed a patient with dengue fever who developed acute onset of sensorimotor quadriparesis with bladder involvement, and facial nerve involvement. Despite initial negative results in routine investigations and cerebrospinal fluid analysis, spinal MRI confirmed longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis.
Kumar N, Mishra R, Bargali A, Bhavana RI.   +3 more
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis [PDF]

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice, 2020
Abstract Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is described in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. Simultaneous active pulmonary tuberculosis in these disorders is a relatively rare phenomenon. We report a 16 year-old boy diagnosed as LETM with clinicoradiological correlation. Further evaluation revealed active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Ramineni, Kiran Kumar, Jakkani, Ravi Kanth, Swamy, B. V. G., M., Sravan Kumar   +3 more
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