A Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Following Whiplash Injury: Is There a True Association?

We report a case of a previously well, 25-year-old Caucasian female whose diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) followed significant trauma. Her symptoms and signs developed quickly and satisfied the criteria for rapidly evolving relapsing-remitting MS. She was started on natalizumab (Tysabri) and wa...

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Autores principales: Harris, Lauren, Hateley, Sofie, Baheerathan, Aravindhan, Malik, Omar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758706
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13411
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description We report a case of a previously well, 25-year-old Caucasian female whose diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) followed significant trauma. Her symptoms and signs developed quickly and satisfied the criteria for rapidly evolving relapsing-remitting MS. She was started on natalizumab (Tysabri) and was stabilized. We discuss the existing literature on traumatic demyelination and possible underlying mechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-79803132021-03-22 A Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Following Whiplash Injury: Is There a True Association? Harris, Lauren Hateley, Sofie Baheerathan, Aravindhan Malik, Omar Cureus Neurology We report a case of a previously well, 25-year-old Caucasian female whose diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) followed significant trauma. Her symptoms and signs developed quickly and satisfied the criteria for rapidly evolving relapsing-remitting MS. She was started on natalizumab (Tysabri) and was stabilized. We discuss the existing literature on traumatic demyelination and possible underlying mechanisms. Cureus 2021-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC7980313/ /pubmed/33758706 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13411 Text en Copyright © 2021, Harris et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr A Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Following Whiplash Injury: Is There a True Association?
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title_short A Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis Following Whiplash Injury: Is There a True Association?
title_sort diagnosis of multiple sclerosis following whiplash injury: is there a true association?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7980313/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33758706
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.13411
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