An Unusual Presentation of DengueFever: Association with Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis

The Permanente Journal

Laxmikant Ramkumarsingh Tomar, MD¹ 

关键词: An Unusual Presentation of DengueFever Association with Longitudinal Extensive Transverse Myelitis;   

DOI  :  10.7812/TPP/15-019

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Permanente Medical Group

【 摘 要 】

Association of dengue fever with transverse myelitis in the form of extensive spinal cord involvement is a rare entity described in the literature. We describe a middle-aged man who presented with dengue fever and in whom weakness of the bilateral lower limbs and urinary incontinence developed on the third day of fever. Magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the diagnosis of longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. Over a four-week course of corticosteroids with supportive management, the patient recovered without any residual neurologic deficit.

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