Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child

Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children following infection with varicella-zoster virus. We describe a case of 13-yr immunocompetent girl w...

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Autores principales: KUMAR GEHLAWAT, Virender, SHANKAR KAUSHIK, Jaya, MEHTA, Poonam, GATHWALA, Geeta, DUBEY, Rachana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598680
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author KUMAR GEHLAWAT, Virender
SHANKAR KAUSHIK, Jaya
MEHTA, Poonam
GATHWALA, Geeta
DUBEY, Rachana
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description Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children following infection with varicella-zoster virus. We describe a case of 13-yr immunocompetent girl with LETM following varicella infection shown a dramatic clinical response to a combination of acyclovir and pulse steroids.
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spelling pubmed-62966962019-04-01 Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child KUMAR GEHLAWAT, Virender SHANKAR KAUSHIK, Jaya MEHTA, Poonam GATHWALA, Geeta DUBEY, Rachana Iran J Child Neurol Case Report Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children following infection with varicella-zoster virus. We describe a case of 13-yr immunocompetent girl with LETM following varicella infection shown a dramatic clinical response to a combination of acyclovir and pulse steroids. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6296696/ /pubmed/30598680 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
KUMAR GEHLAWAT, Virender
SHANKAR KAUSHIK, Jaya
MEHTA, Poonam
GATHWALA, Geeta
DUBEY, Rachana
Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title_full Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title_fullStr Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title_full_unstemmed Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title_short Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child
title_sort longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (letm) following varicella infection in a 13-year immunocompetent child
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6296696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598680
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