A Rare Case of Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Following Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination with a Favourable Outcome [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022 Introduction: mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are very safe, but rare adverse events such as transverse myelitis have been reported after COVID-19 vaccination. Case Description: We report the case of 50-year-old man who presented with progressive lower extremity
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Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis in a Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Recent Influenza Infection, and Nutritional Deficiencies in the Setting of Chronic Alcohol Use. [PDF]
CureusLongitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is traditionally classified as an inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord spanning three or more vertebral segments.
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Diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2011 Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a neurological condition characterised by a contiguous inflammatory lesion of the spinal cord. LETM is often associated with the autoimmune central nervous system disease neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and rarely with multiple sclerosis.
H. Nightingale, J. Witherick, A. Wilkins
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Analysis of prognostic factors associated with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis [PDF]
Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 2012 Objective: The aim of this study is to report the clinical profile and outcome of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM). Methods: We prospectively studied adult patients who presented with LETM from January 2008 to ...
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Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2017 Objective: The aim is to compare the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) eyes without previous optic neuritis with that of healthy control subjects.
Prakash Kumar Sinha +9 more
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Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis after covid vaccination: Response to letter [PDF]
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Seyed Farzad Maroufi +4 more
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Dengue-Associated Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein Antibody-Positive Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis [PDF]
Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyShubhakaran Khichar +2 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 ...
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Scrub typhus with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2016 Sanjay K Mahajan +5 more
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Idiopathic longitudinally extensive myelitis: a brief historical excursion (review) and own clinical observation [PDF]
Клиническая практика, 2022 Background: Idiopathic longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis is defined as a focal spinal cord lesion that involves three or more segments of the spinal cord as shown by neuroimaging, and results in a profound disability. The clinical picture of a
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