Tubercular longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with lower motor neuron paralysis
Manjeet Kumar Goyal1, Mahesh Lal2
1Postgraduate Student, Department of Medicine, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Tropical Doctor
|September 16, 2020
Abstract:
Transverse myelitis typically extends two or less spinal segments, whereas longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) extends three or more spinal segments in length and may occasionally span all the segments of the spinal cord. We present a case of spinal tuberculosis presenting with LETM with true lower motor neuron-type flaccid paraplegia.
Keywords:
Tubercularanterior horn cellslongitudinally extensive transverse myelitisneuromyelitis opticaMore Related Videos
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