Viral myelitis: management
Evidence-based neurology checklist on viral myelitis: management: Spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) The lesions are wider and more vertically extensive than in demyelination There is early contrast enhancement There is increased signal in the spinal cord and dorsal pons with Enterovirus 71…
Spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- The lesions are wider and more vertically extensive than in demyelination
- There is early contrast enhancement
- There is increased signal in the spinal cord and dorsal pons with Enterovirus 71 (EV71)
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis: features
Management
Acronyms
References
- Irani DN. Aseptic Meningitis and Viral Myelitis. Neurol Clin 2008; 26:635–655.
- Kincaid O, Lipton HL. Viral myelitis: an update. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2006; 6:469-474.
- Teoh HL, Mohammad SS, Britton PN, et al. Clinical characteristics and functional motor outcomes of Enterovirus 71 neurological disease in children. JAMA Neurol 2016; 73:300-307.
