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11589654

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-8
pubmed:abstractText
Both acute transverse myelitis (ATM) and Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occur as rare associations with mumps viraemia but to our knowledge, concurrent ATM and GBS related to mumps has only been reported once previously. We describe the case of a young woman presenting with confusion and collapse 2 weeks after a flu-like illness. An initial diagnosis of transverse myelitis was made on the basis of the clinical findings and radiological evidence of a swollen spinal cord with uniform high signal change on T2 weighted MRI. The patient was treated with intravenous methylprednisolone without significant recovery. The diagnosis was later revised to include GBS on the basis of worsening facial diplegia in the setting of a flaccid tetraparesis, and neurophysiological evidence of a sensorimotor axonal polyradiculoneuropathy. Acute mumps viraemia was confirmed on serological grounds. The patient made an improvement in ventilatory capacity with intravenous immunoglobulin treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0001-6314
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-8-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Acute transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré overlap syndrome with serological evidence for mumps viraemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Hurstwood Park Neurology Centre, Hurstwood Lane, West Sussex, United Kingdom. spgtnpb@iop.kcl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports