BACKGROUND Allogeneic and autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation are established treatment options for haematological malignancies and may possibly be employed to treat a range of genetic and autoimmune diseases. CASE PRESENTATION We report two patients who developed an acute myelitis within their thoracic spinal cord after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Myelitis in these ...

An association between acute transverse myelitis and psittacosis in a teenage boy is described. Closer collaboration between doctors and vets might have made the diagnosis sooner. A full paediatric history should include details of contact with pets and other animals.

Investigators from the University School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, report an outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) occurring in 2014-2015 in several States and reported to the CDC.

We report a case of a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) complicated by the antiphospholipid syndrome and recurrent episodes of transverse myelitis. Transverse myelitis is a rare complication of SLE and most cases are associated with the presence of an antiphospholipid antibody (APA). The pathogenic mechanism oftransverse myelitis in this condition may result from a vasculitic proc...

Abstract Background Tubercular infection of the brain and spine is relatively common in endemic regions world. Central nervous system tuberculosis can have varied manifestations. The familiar imaging findings are hydrocephalus, ring-enhancing tuberculomas, meningeal enhancement, having a preference for basal regions. Myelitis most manifestation spine, with holocord involvement being rare presen...

A severe vasculitis, probably therapy related, in a sixty-four-year-old man being treated for possible subacute bacterial endocarditis, was associated with the development of transverse myelitis. It is hypothesized that the vasculitis affected the small vessels to the spinal cord in the same way that systemic vasculitis can also cause a transverse myelitis.

Among the various maladies of Vata Dosa, Ekangaroga, Khanja, Pangu and Avabahuka resemble the disease of Polio myelitis of modern medicine. This communication makes an Endeavour in finding out the striking similarities between the abnormalities caused by Vata Dosa and the Polio myelitis. This paper has also shown some interest towards the indirect aetiological factors like social and economical...

Guillain-Barré syndrome and acute transverse myelitis manifest as demyelinating diseases of the peripheral and central nervous system. Concurrency of these two disorders is rarely documented in literature. A 4-year-old girl presenting with cough, fever, and an impaired walking ability was admitted to hospital. She had no previous complaints in her medical history. A physical examination reveale...

INTRODUCTION Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is a transversal myelitis that extends through three or more vertebral segments in length. CASE REPORT A 52-year-old woman was hospitalized due to pain in the lumbar region, difficulty in walking, hypoesthesia of the anogenital area and urinary retention. In the past medical history, two years earlier, the patient had been diagn...

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an inflammatory demyelinating disorder that affects the spinal cord focally resulting in motor sensory and autonomic dysfunction. Establishing the diagnosis of ATM is not as difficult as determining the possible etiology. There is a difference in the perception of ATM seen in the West as compared to developing countries. In the West multiple sclerosis (MS) is ...