Acute transverse myelopathy complicating tetanus.
A 12-year-old boy presented with typical features of short incubation tetanus. Spastic paraparesis with a mid-thoracic sensory level was present from the time of the initial examination. X-rays of the spine and lumbar myelogram were normal. The paraparesis improved rapidly and within a month the patient was free of neurological deficit. The case is possibly a rare example of tetanus involving the central nervous system other than the anterior horn cells.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009187:Myelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000209:etiology*; D013742:Tetanus / Q000150:complications*