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A case of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with an isolated pontine lesion following epidural and spinal anesthesia for cesarean section

eNeurologicalSci, 2020
Severe neurologic complications following epidural and spinal anesthesia rarely occur. Transverse myelitis has been reported as a rare complication of epidural or spinal anesthesia.
Yuki Kitazaki, Asako Ueno, Kenichiro Maeda, Rei Asano, Hiroyuki Satomi, Taro Nishio, Yasunari Nakamoto, Tadanori Hamano   +7 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with AQP4 antibodies revealing ovarian teratoma. [PDF]

, 2013
Paraneoplastic myelitis is a rare inflammatory disorder most frequently associated with solid tumors or lymphoproliferative disorders. Patients often harbor onconeuronal antibodies and their prognosis is usually poor.
Bataller, L., Casanova, B., Durán Moreno, María, Frasquet, M., García Verdugo, José Manuel, Pérez-Miralles, F., Rivas, Salvador, Sevilla, T., Simó-Castelló, M., Torres-Vega, E.   +9 more
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Alemtuzumab use in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: a brief case series. [PDF]

, 2016
Alemtuzumab is an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody recently licensed for use in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. Here, we report our experience of its use in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) spectrum disorders.
Azzopardi, L, Coles, AJ, Cox, AL, Jones, JL, McCarthy, CL   +4 more
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Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know [PDF]

, 2018
Zika virus has been associated with a wide range of neurological complications. Neurologists in areas without current active transmission of the virus may be confronted with Zika-associated neurological disease, as a large number of returning travellers ...
Brito Ferreira, Maria Lucia, Jacobs, Bart C., Lant, Suzannah, Leonhard, Sonja Emily, Solomon, Tom, Wilder-Smith, Annelies, Willison, Hugh   +6 more
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Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: outcome and conversion to multiple sclerosis in a large series [PDF]

, 2016
Background: in 2002, the Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group (TMCWG) proposed the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic acute transverse myelitis (IATM) to delimit and unify this group of patients.
Alentorn Palau, Agustí, Bruna, Jordi, Cobo Calvo, Álvaro, Martínez Yélamos, Sergio, Mañé Martínez, M. Alba, Romero Pinel, Lucía María   +5 more
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Clinical Presentation and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Post-Coronavirus Disease-2019 Vaccination Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis: Report of Three Cases with Follow-up at 8 Months

Indian Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, 2023
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is an infrequent subtype of acute transverse myelitis, which presents with sensory, motor and autonomic dysfunction after a focal or widespread inflammation of the spinal cord due to either direct ...
Anurag Ranga, Anupam Gupta, Navin B. Prakash, Meeka Khanna   +3 more
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Recurrent longitudinally extensive transversal myelitis in a patient with Sjögren’s syndrome [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a transversal myelitis that extends through three or more vertebral segments in length. Case report.
Gvozdenović Slobodan, Jovin Zita, Kokai-Zekić Timea, Lučić-Prokin Aleksandra, Petrović Kosta, Turkalj Ivan, Šekarić Jelena, Živanović Željko   +7 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, Shuo, Chen, Philippe, Couillard, James N, Scott, Christopher J, Doig, Fiona, Costello, Louis P, Girard, John, Klassen, Jodie M, Burton   +8 more
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Brainstem involvement - frequency, presentation and outcome [PDF]

, 2016
Background Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies (MOG-IgG) are present in a subset of aquaporin-4 (AQP4)-IgG-negative patients with optic neuritis (ON) and/or myelitis.
Jarius, Sven, Kleiter, Ingo, Ruprecht, Klemens   +2 more
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Aquaporin-4 Antibodies Are Not Related to HTLV-1\ud Associated Myelopathy [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: The seroprevalence of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is very high among Brazilians (,1:200).\ud HTLV-1 associated myelopathy or tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) is the most common neurological complication of\ud HTLV-1 ...
Brandão, Carlos Otávio, Casseb, Jorge Simão do Rosário, Damasceno, Alfredo, Damasceno, Benito P., Farias, Alessandro S., Jarius, Sven, Longhini, Ana Leda F., Moraes, Adriel S., Oliveira, Augusto C. Penalva de, Santos, Leonilda M. B., von Gleh, Felipe, Wandinger, Klaus-Peter, Wildemann, Brigitte   +12 more
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