Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) may be associated with viral triggers, including both infections and vaccinations. We present a case of a healthy immunocompetent 33-year-old woman who developed a hemorrhagic LETM 2 weeks after seasonal influenza vaccination. Hemorrhagic LETM has...

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Autores principales: Wu, Chris Y., Riangwiwat, Tanawan, Nakamoto, Beau K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27847660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1596864
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author Wu, Chris Y.
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description Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) may be associated with viral triggers, including both infections and vaccinations. We present a case of a healthy immunocompetent 33-year-old woman who developed a hemorrhagic LETM 2 weeks after seasonal influenza vaccination. Hemorrhagic LETM has not to our knowledge been reported after influenza vaccination. It may represent a forme fruste variant of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis.
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spelling pubmed-50994782016-11-15 Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis Wu, Chris Y. Riangwiwat, Tanawan Nakamoto, Beau K. Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) may be associated with viral triggers, including both infections and vaccinations. We present a case of a healthy immunocompetent 33-year-old woman who developed a hemorrhagic LETM 2 weeks after seasonal influenza vaccination. Hemorrhagic LETM has not to our knowledge been reported after influenza vaccination. It may represent a forme fruste variant of acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5099478/ /pubmed/27847660 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1596864 Text en Copyright © 2016 Chris Y. Wu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
title_fullStr Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
title_full_unstemmed Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
title_short Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis
title_sort hemorrhagic longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5099478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27847660
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1596864
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