OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical characteristics, course, and prognosis of optic neuritis in recurrent neuromyelitis optica. METHODS We analyzed 60 patients diagnosed using 1999 Mayo Clinic criteria who were seen between 1985 and 2004 at Hospital da Lagoa (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). RESULTS Optic neuritis was the initial feature in 53.3% of patients, most with unilateral disease. Recurrent ...

Congenital spinal extradural cysts are rare and may be the cause of acute paraplegia. In their clinical features they closely resemble acute transverse myelitis. Immediate decompression of the spinal cord and removal of the cyst may lead to restoration of normal function. Myelography differentiates these two conditions by showing a cyst in communication with the spinal canal. This investigation...

NEUROLOGICAL complications following T.A.B. vaccination are rare. Miller (1954) has recently reviewed neurological sequela: of prophylactic inoculation. He has summarized 49 neurological syndromes following use of T.A.B. vaccine from the literature, to which he has added one case of his own. He includes one case of transverse myelitis, reported by Lemke (1943) .. In view of this. rarity, a case...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) shows characteristic brain lesions, including bilateral thalamus, midbrain, internal capsule, basal ganglia, and occasionally involves an anterior horn cell. We encountered a case of a 44-year-old man who initially presented with encephalitis, which was finally diagnosed as Japanese encephalomyelitis with syringomyelia. The patient showed severe motor weakness followe...

Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder of the spinal cord that can have a variety of etiologies. Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection has been described as one of the causes, most commonly HSV type 2. We report here a case of an 18 year old male who presented with weakness that started in his upper extremities and rapidly evolved to quadriplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging of spine was ...