Two Cases of Probable Neuro-Behçet’s Disease with Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
We report 2 cases of probable neuro-Behçet’s disease (NBD) with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM). In both cases, the patients presented paraplegia, as well as sensory, bladder, and rectal disturbances.
Shunya Fujiwara +7 more
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Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Immune-Complex Allergic Vasculitis in Association with the Development of Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report [PDF]
A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis.
Günter Pilz +5 more
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Background: More and more cases of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibody are being diagnosed with the availability of laboratory tests helping us to know the differing patterns from AQP-4 antibody disease and we need to understand the ...
Rajendra Singh Jain +10 more
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Transverse myelitis (TM) includes a pathobiologically heterogeneous syndrome characterized by acute or subacute spinal cord dysfunction resulting in paresis, a sensory level, and autonomic (bladder, bowel, and sexual) impairment below the level of the lesion.
Beh, Shin C. +3 more
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A rare neurological complication of tuberculosis: Transverse myelitis
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by relatively acute onset of motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very rare cause of transverse myelitis.
Alberto Ortega-Rosales +2 more
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Antibodies to Enteroviruses in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. [PDF]
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has caused motor paralysis in >560 children in the United States since 2014. The temporal association of enterovirus (EV) outbreaks with increases in AFM cases and reports of fever, respiratory, or gastrointestinal illness
Briese, Thomas +19 more
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Acute flaccid paralysis in an infant
The incidence rate of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in India was 12/100,000 people, whereas it is 0.71/million in the United States. The incidence of nonpolio AFM has increased over the years.[1] We present a young infant with a 3-day fever followed by ...
Antonieo Jude Raja Balraj +3 more
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Zika virus infection in the returning traveller: what every neurologist should know [PDF]
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 +6 more
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Tract specific CNS involvement post COVID-19 vaccine: A case report
We hereby report an interesting case of tractopathy following COVID-19 vaccine. Acute transverse myelitis following COVID-19 infection or vaccination is well documented.
Prashant Dubey +5 more
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Predictive Value of Serum Antibodies and Point Mutations of AQP4, AQP1 and MOG in A Cohort of Spanish Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
The detection of IgG aquaporin-4 antibodies in the serum of patients with Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) has dramatically improved the diagnosis of this disease and its distinction from multiple sclerosis.
Abril-Jaramillo, Javier +14 more
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