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Coincidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome presenting with Landry’s acute flaccid paralysis and transverse myelitis

Transverse myelitis is one of the causes of acute transverse myelopathy; three main categories are described in the differential diagnosis of transverse myelitis: demyelination (multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica), infections (herpes zoster and herpes simplex virus), and some autoimmune connec...

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Autores principales: Kalinova, Desislava, Rashkov, Rasho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji w Warszawie 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6532110/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31130752
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2019.84819
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Sumario:Transverse myelitis is one of the causes of acute transverse myelopathy; three main categories are described in the differential diagnosis of transverse myelitis: demyelination (multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica), infections (herpes zoster and herpes simplex virus), and some autoimmune connective tissue disorders (systemic lupus erythematosus, vasculitis). The authors present a clinical case of a 33-year-old patient with transverse myelitis occurring in the course of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome). The patient’s medical history was notable. The patient was diagnosed with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (Moschcowitz syndrome) and leukocytoclastic vasculitis when he was 12 years old.