Pulmonary Tuberculosis with Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is described in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. Simultaneous active pulmonary tuberculosis in these disorders is a relatively rare phenomenon. We report a 16 year-old boy diagnosed as LETM with clinicoradiological correlation. Further eval...

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Autores principales: Ramineni, Kiran Kumar, Jakkani, Ravi Kanth, Swamy, B. V. G., M., Sravan Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2020
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7055605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32140025
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-3402576
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Sumario:Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is described in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders. Simultaneous active pulmonary tuberculosis in these disorders is a relatively rare phenomenon. We report a 16 year-old boy diagnosed as LETM with clinicoradiological correlation. Further evaluation revealed active pulmonary tuberculosis. He had good recovery following the combination of antituberculosis regimen with corticosteroids.

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