A Boy Unable to Move His Arm

A Boy Unable to Move His Arm

An 11-year-old boy presented with inability to move his right arm, back and neck pain, and fever. He has a history of recurrent vesicular rash on his face three times over the past two years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed diffuse expansile cervical cord, leading to a diagnosis of transvers...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical pediatrics 2010-03, Vol.49 (3), p.293-296
Hauptverfasser: Cantu, Rebecca M., Steele, Russell W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arm - physiopathology
Arms
Child
Childrens health
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever - virology
Herpes Simplex - complications
Herpes Simplex - transmission
Herpes viruses
Herpesvirus 1, Human
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Medical diagnosis
Movement
Myelitis, Transverse - diagnosis
Myelitis, Transverse - physiopathology
Myelitis, Transverse - virology
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Pediatrics
Spinal Cord - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:An 11-year-old boy presented with inability to move his right arm, back and neck pain, and fever. He has a history of recurrent vesicular rash on his face three times over the past two years. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed diffuse expansile cervical cord, leading to a diagnosis of transverse myelitis. After 3 days of intravenous solumedrol, the patient was discharged, but returned the following day with a vesicular rash to the right arm, as well as vomiting, malaise and diffuse pruritus.Wright-Giemsa stain of the vesicles revealed herpes group virus and culture was positive for herpes simplex type 1.
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/0009922809360249