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 ...

No eVective treatment has been demonstrated for patients with acute transverse myelopathy. In a multicentre controlled study, 12 children with severe acute transverse myelopathy were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) and compared with a historical group of 17 patients. The treatment had a significant eVect on the proportion of patients walking independently at 1 month and on th...

An interesting method to measure and correct chromatic magnification offsets in a multi-wavelength retinal imaging microscope was recently reported [Harmening et al., Biomed. Opt. Express 3, 2066 (2012)]. These values were in part related to the ocular transverse chromatic aberration (TCA). This method could be potentially used in the future to overcome the fundamental limitation to estimate th...

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...

No effective treatment has been demonstrated for patients with acute transverse myelopathy. In a multicentre controlled study, 12 children with severe acute transverse myelopathy were treated with intravenous methylprednisolone (IVMP) and compared with a historical group of 17 patients. The treatment had a significant effect on the proportion of patients walking independently at 1 month and on ...

A case of acute transverse myelitis associated with respiratory infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae is described. Circulating antibodies to myelin were detected suggesting that mycoplasma related neurological damage is mediated by producing an immunological myelopathy.

Neurology® Clinical Practice 2010;75(Suppl 1):S2–S8 Improved understanding of the differential diagnosis and improved investigative techniques, particularly neuroimaging and serologic testing, have facilitated the diagnosis of patients with acute and subacute myelopathy and reduced the proportion of patients who are labeled as having “idiopathic transverse myelitis.” Additionally, these advance...