Abstract
a 14-year-old boy developed acute quadriplegia, associated with sensory impairment and bowel and urinary dysfunction. MRI of the cervical cord showed diffuse increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images with gadolinium-diethylenetriamine penta-acetic acid enhancement. Based on the clinical presentation and MRI findings, the diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis was made. Enterovirus RNA was amplified from CSF by the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Serum neutralizing antibody to ECHO virus type 18 rose from 1/4 on admission to 1/16 2 months later.
Conclusion
This is the first reported case of acute transverse myelitis caused by ECHO virus type 18 infection.
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Abbreviations
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acute transverse myelitis
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Takahashi, S., Miyamoto, A., Oki, J. et al. Acute transverse myelitis caused by ECHO virus type 18 infection. Eur J Pediatr 154, 378–380 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072107
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