Early-onset acute transverse myelitis following hepatitis B vaccination and respiratory infection: Case report

Luiz Fernando Fonseca; Thelma Ribeiro Noce; Maria Letícia Gambogi Teixeira; Antônio Lúcio Teixeira; Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto

doi:10.1590/S0004-282X2003000200020

Early-onset acute transverse myelitis following hepatitis B vaccination and respiratory infection: Case report

Luiz Fernando Fonseca, Thelma Ribeiro Noce, Maria Letícia Gambogi Teixeira, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto

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Abstract

Acute transverse myelitis is an acute inflammatory process of the spinal cord and it is a rare clinical syndrome in childhood. In this paper, we report a case of 3 years-old boy who developed acute onset tetraparesia following a viral respiratory infecction and hepatitis B vaccination. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord disclosed signal-intensity abnormalities from C4 to C3. A diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis was made and the patient was treated with IV methylprednisolone and IV immunoglobulin. The child had a fair outcome despite of the very acute course of the disease and the presence of a cervical sensory level which usually harbor a poor prognosis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	265-268
Number of pages	4
Journal	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Volume	61
Issue number	2 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-282X2003000200020
State	Published - Jun 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute transverse myelitis
Childhood
Hepatitis B vaccination
Respiratory infection

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Clinical Neurology
Biological Psychiatry

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