Acute transverse myelitis (ATM): infectious and inflammatory causes
Evidence-based neurology checklist on acute transverse myelitis (atm): infectious and inflammatory causes: Inflammatory Idiopathic: possible familial risk with VPS37A gene variant Multiple sclerosis (MS) Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM) Neurosarcoidosis…
Inflammatory
- Idiopathic: possible familial risk with VPS37A gene variant
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
- Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Behcet’s disease
Viral
Bacterial
Parasitic and fungal
Vaccination
References
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- Mealy MA, Nam TS, Pardo SJ, et al. Familial monophasic acute transverse myelitis due to the pathogenic variant in VPS37A. Neurol Genet 2018; 4:e213.
- Bitik B, Ucar M, Tezcan ME, et al. Transverse myelitis in Behçet's disease: a series of four cases and review of the literature. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2013; 31(3 Suppl 77):20-24.
- Mandal K, Chopra N. Acute transverse myelitis following hepatitis E virus infection. Indian Pediatr 2006; 43:365-366.
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