(2023) Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis due to tuberculosis: A case report. Neuroradiology Journal. pp. 224-228. ISSN 19714009 (ISSN)
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Abstract
Neurotuberculosis is a potentially fatal disease that can present with upper or lower motor neuron symptoms. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is characterized by contiguous inflammatory lesions of the spinal cord extending to three or more vertebral segments. The causes of LETM include infections, neoplasm, and autoimmune diseases. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare cause of transverse myelitis. Here, we report a 21-year-old Afghan female who was referred with chronic progressive quadriparesis and showed LETM on cervical MRI. This report indicates that tuberculosis should be considered as a differential diagnosis of LETM, especially in endemic areas. © The Author(s) 2022.
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| Keywords: | longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis Neurotuberculosis Tuberculosis Adult Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Myelitis, Transverse Young Adult alanine aminotransferase alkaline phosphatase calcium dexamethasone glucose hemoglobin isoniazid lactate dehydrogenase pyrazinamide pyridoxine rifampicin streptomycin Article Borrelia burgdorferi Brucella case report central nervous system tuberculosis cerebrospinal fluid analysis clinical article constipation Coxiella burnetii Cryptococcus neoformans echocardiography erythrocyte sedimentation rate Haemophilus influenzae human leukocyte count limb weakness Listeria monocytogenes longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis lumbar puncture Mycobacterium tuberculosis nausea and vomiting neck pain nuclear magnetic resonance imaging polymerase chain reaction quadriplegia Streptococcus agalactiae Treponema pallidum urine retention adverse event complication diagnostic imaging differential diagnosis myelitis |
| Page Range: | pp. 224-228 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Neuroradiology Journal |
| Journal Index: | Scopus |
| Volume: | 36 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/19714009221122188 |
| ISSN: | 19714009 (ISSN) |
| Depositing User: | خانم ناهید ضیائی |
| URI: | http://eprints.mui.ac.ir/id/eprint/28087 |
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