Acute transverse myelitis in children

Acute transverse myelitis in children

A case of Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM) is presented. ATM is a rare disease in childhood. The diagnosis stems from the clinical presentation, cerebrospinal fluid findings, appearance of the spinal cord on imaging and ruling out differential diagnoses like Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and Poliomye...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad Abbottabad, 2006-04, Vol.18 (2), p.90-92
Hauptverfasser: Masood, Syed Asif, Ibrahim, Shahnaz
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Acute Disease
Adolescent
Diagnosis, Differential
Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
Humans
Male
Methylprednisolone - therapeutic use
Myelitis, Transverse - diagnosis
Myelitis, Transverse - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:A case of Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM) is presented. ATM is a rare disease in childhood. The diagnosis stems from the clinical presentation, cerebrospinal fluid findings, appearance of the spinal cord on imaging and ruling out differential diagnoses like Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and Poliomyelitis. The proposed treatment is intravenous (IV) methyl prednisolone with variable chances of recovery. A controlled multicenter study is suggested to assess epidemiology, etiology and prognosis of ATM.
ISSN:1025-9589