Many cases of atopic myelitis have been reported in Japan; however very few were described in western countries. An 82-year-old woman with a past medical history of atopic dermatitis and asthma presented with progressive paresthesia (tingling) of both hands and tetraparesis. Before the onset of neurological symptoms, she complained of ichthyosis of both legs for 5 weeks. Magnetic resonance imag...

Varicella zoster virus (VZV) is a human neurotropic alphaherpesvirus that causes chickenpox (varicella) in children. VZV reactivation may lead to neurological complications, including transverse myelitis. However, transverse myelitis caused by VZV reactivation is rare in immunocompetent patients. Herein, we report a case of transverse myelitis caused by VZV in an immunocompetent older patient, ...

BACKGROUND Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease is characterized by bilateral granulomatous uveitis with neurologic, auditory, and dermatologic manifestations. However, acute myelitis complicating VKH disease has rarely been reported. CASE REPORT A 50-year-old Chinese Han woman presented with difficulty walking, numbness on the left side of the body, and difficulty with urination. The patient w...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE DTI is a promising technique for imaging of the spinal cord, but the technique has susceptibility-induced artifacts. We evaluated a pulse-triggered DTI sequence with an rFOV technique and coronal acquisition for the assessment of the cervical spinal cord in patients with myelitis at 3T. MATERIALS AND METHODS A rFOV acquisition was established by a noncoplanar applicatio...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE During the last two decades, clinical reports have begun to place increasing emphasis on the possible neurological complications related to dengue. However, reports of cases with myelitis post dengue are rare. This study describes an unprecedented cluster of transverse myelitis following a dengue virus infection. METHODS 51 possible cases of neurological complications r...

Transverse myelitis, a diagnosis that may be made in the emergency department (ED) by emergency physicians, can be difficult to diagnose because of its variable signs and symptoms and its poorly understood pathogenesis. In this article, we recount 2 cases of transverse myelitis to demonstrate its presentation, diagnosis, and management in the ED.

Citation: dos Passos GR, Oliveira LM, da Costa BK, Apostolos-Pereira SL, Callegaro D, Fujihara K and Sato DK (2018) MOG-IgG-Associated Optic Neuritis, Encephalitis, and Myelitis: Lessons Learned From Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder. Front. Neurol. 9:217. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00217 MOG-igG-Associated Optic Neuritis, encephalitis, and Myelitis: Lessons Learned From Neuromyelitis Optica ...

Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), phylogenetic clade B was identified in nasopharyngeal specimens of two cases of severe acute flaccid myelitis. The cases were six and five years-old and occurred in September and November 2014. EV-D68 is increasingly associated with acute flaccid myelitis in children, most cases being reported in the United States. Awareness of this possible neurological complication o...

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, besides the most prevalent respiratory and systemic symptoms, some neurological symptoms such as acute hemorrhagic necrotizing encephalopathy and myelitis associated with COVID-19 have been reported. It is suspected that COVID-19 involves different body systems via interaction with the ACE-2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) receptor. As ACE2 is express...

Acute myelitis represents a major subset of acute non-compressive myelopathies. Acute non-compressive myelopathies include vascular, infectious, autoimmune, inflammatory, neoplastic and metastatic disorders. Acute myelitis can occur as an isolated inflammatory disorder, or as part of a multifocal CNS demyelinating disease such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromy...