Scrub typhus with longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine revealed altered signal intensity involving spinal cord in region of C4-D11 suggestive of LETM (Fig. 2). The manifestations like delirium, myelitis, cerebral haemorrhage, hearing loss, isolated 6th nerve palsy, bilateral 6th and 7th nerve palsy, trigeminal n...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of vector borne diseases 2016-01, Vol.53 (1), p.84-86
Hauptverfasser: Mahajan, Sanjay, Kumar, Sanyam, Garg, Mahak, Kaushik, Madan, Sharma, Sudhir, Raina, Rajiv
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Zusammenfassung:Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of spine revealed altered signal intensity involving spinal cord in region of C4-D11 suggestive of LETM (Fig. 2). The manifestations like delirium, myelitis, cerebral haemorrhage, hearing loss, isolated 6th nerve palsy, bilateral 6th and 7th nerve palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, opsoclonus, transient parkinsonism, myoclonus, brachial plexopathy, polyneuropathy, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and Guillain Barré syndrome have been reported in patients of scrub typhus8.
ISSN:0972-9062
DOI:10.4103/0972-9062.179268