Acute transverse myelitis
MRI Predictors of Recurrence and Outcome after Acute Transverse Myelitis of Unidentified Etiology
... with acute transverse myelitis were evaluated ...of myelitis could not be identified within 3 months of symptom onset were ...a myelitis attack were also ...
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Distinct serum apolipoprotein A-I levels in neuromyelitis optica and acute transverse myelitis
... Neuromyelitis optica (NMO), as a rare autoimmune demyelinateting disorder, arouses inflammatory lesions in the optic nerves and spinal cord and causes some ser- ious clinical symptoms such as blindness and paralysis. In ...
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Effective management of intractable neuropathic pain using an intrathecal morphine pump in a patient with acute transverse myelitis
... Abstract: Transverse myelitis is a rare inflammatory myelopathy characterized by loss of motor and sensory function below the affected level of the spinal cord, and causes neurogenic bowel and ...following ...
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Urodynamic profile in acute transverse myelitis patients: Its correlation with neurological outcome.
... Objective: The objective of this study was to observe urodynamic profile of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) patients and its correlation with neurological outcome. Patients and Methods: This ...
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Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: outcome and conversion to multiple sclerosis in a large series
... with acute transverse myelitis, including back pain, severe functional deficit and motor involvement at onset of symptoms, symptoms progression within 24 hours, relapse occurrence, and spinal shock ...
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Familial monophasic acute transverse myelitis due to the pathogenic variant in VPS37A
... the Transverse Myelitis Association and has received research support from Acorda Pharmaceuticals, Chugai Pharmaceutical ...Restore Transverse Myelitis ...
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Postvaricella Acute Transverse Myelitis: A Case Presentation and Review of the Literature
... Eight cases of “pure” acute transverse nwelitis (ATM) following varicella have previously been reported in the literature.. \Ve report the ninth case of postvaricella ATM in.[r] ...
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Post infective transverse myelitis following Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis with radiological features of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: a case report
... have produced criteria for the diagnosis of ATM (Table 1). All of the inclusion criteria must be present, and all of the exclusion criteria absent, for a diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis to be ...
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Update on neuromyelitis optica: natural history and management
... CYC; myelitis after discontinuing it; no relapse after 6 months of CYC Abbreviations: RTX, rituximab; CYC, cyclophosphamide; MiTX, mitoxanthrone; AZA, azathioprine; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; PLEX, plasma ...
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Clinical Reasoning: A 16-year-old girl with subacute weakness and sensory loss
... With acute presentation, emergent spinal MRI should be performed to exclude compressive causes that may require urgent surgery, such as epidural hematoma or disc ...For acute transverse ...
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Pediatric transverse myelitis
... Pediatric acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an immune-mediated CNS disorder and contributes to 20% of children experiencing a first acquired demyelinating syndrome ...the Transverse ...
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MR changes in transverse myelitis
... Transverse myelitis commonly involves the thoracic spinal cord; in 10% of patients only the cervical spinal cord is affected ...on acute transverse myelitis have revealed that the MR ...
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Cytomegalovirus associated transverse myelitis in an immunocompetent host with DNA detection in cerebrospinal fluid; a case report
... Acute transverse myelitis is a focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord with sensory, motor and autonomic dys- function ...with transverse myelitis with only ten cases described ...
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Characterization of the spectrum of Korean inflammatory demyelinating diseases according to the diagnostic criteria and AQP4-Ab status
... had acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis (MS), acute transverse myelitis, optic neuritis, or other demyelinating disease as a clinically isolated syndrome of the ...
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Transverse myelitis and acute HIV infection: a case report
... MRI. Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) diagnosis was supported by acute paraparesis with bilateral sensory findings, im- paired sphincter function, the presence of spinal segmen- tal level of ...
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A Study of the Clinical Spectrum and Functional Outcome of Patients with Nontraumatic Myelopathy.
... Out of the 100 patients with nontraumatic myelopathy, 59 patients received medical management and 41 patients underwent surgery. All those who underwent surgery had compressive myelopathy. 11 % of the nontraumatic ...
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Acute transverse myelopathy: spinal and cranial MR study with clinical follow up
... ment may be diffuse, peripheral, or even punctate and speckled. These patterns are un- usual for tumors (18). Dural arteriovenous fis- tulas may cause myelopathy, but acute symp- toms were rarely present (7). The ...
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis in the United States: 2015–2017
... for acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), which included persons #21 years of age with acute limb weakness and an MRI demonstrating predominantly gray matter lesions of the spinal cord to differentiate this ...
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Modifications of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis and brainstem lesions in the course of neuromyelitis optica (NMO): a population-based, descriptive study
... previous LETM was seen in 5/23 (22%) patients, after 2-4 year duration of disease and with an EDSS score of 5-7. General spinal cord atrophy was observed in 7/23 (30%) patients after 2-4 years duration of disease in two ...
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Infliximab for treatment-refractory transverse myelitis following immune therapy and radiation
... of transverse myelitis from T3 to T11 ...ascending transverse myelitis despite opti- mal therapy other options including tocilizumab and infliximab were ...
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