Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis Secondary to Lyme Disease
Transverse myelitis (TM) is a rare disease. It may present as the primary case or it may present as associated with inflammatory diseases following an autoimmune or infectious condition.
Dilara Füsun İÇAĞASIOĞLU +1 more
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Acute cervical-transverse myelitis following intranasal insufflation of heroin
Irrespective of the route of administration, heroin abuse is attributed to severe medical complications and a high risk for addiction. Complications of acute heroin insufflation vary greatly from epistaxis, anosmia, rhabdomyolysis, stroke, and transverse
Mukhtar Eyas, MD, MBA +3 more
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Transverse myelitis associated with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 3B: A case report in Peru
Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome is a rare disease with a low incidence worldwide. We present the case of an adult male with a history of parietal antibody-positive gastritis, central retinal vein obstruction and transverse myelitis.
Julio C. Alvarez-Márquez +13 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.
Huehns, Tanya Y. +3 more
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Epstein–Barr virus reactivation‐related meningoencephalitis with transverse myelitis in pregnancy
Key Clinical Message Consider the differential of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) reactivation in pregnant women who develop progressive meningoencephalitis and transverse myelitis.
Andrew Dang Khai Nguyen +4 more
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Acute transverse myelitis in Lyme neuroborreliosis [PDF]
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is a rare disorder (1-8 new cases per million of population per year), with 20% of all cases occurring in patients younger than 18 years of age.
Nauer, C +4 more
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Subacute transverse myelitis with Lyme profile dissociation
Introduction: Transverse myelitis is a very rare neurologic syndrome with an incidence per year of 1-5 per million population. We are presenting an interesting case of subacute transverse myelitis with its MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CSF ...
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Transverse myelitis is an acute inflammation of the spinal cord. Its annual incidence is 1–8 per million. Behçet disease is also a rare autoimmune disease. Transverse myelitis can be a manifestation of neuro-Behçet’s disease.
Sara Alwatban +3 more
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Idiopathic longitudinally extensive myelitis: a brief historical excursion (review) and own clinical observation [PDF]
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
Saule T. Turuspekova +6 more
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Vaccine Induced Acute Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report
Acute transverse myelitis is a focal infl ammatory disorder of the spinal cord. One of the main etiologic factors include, multiple sclerosis, post-infectious and post-traumatic events although autoimmune phenomenon is the most common cause.
Avinash Chandra +4 more
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