Acute transverse myelitis and primary urticarial vasculitis.
We report the case of a 56-year-old man with severe normocomplementaemic primary urticarial vasculitis for 16 years. Nine and 11 years after the onset of the symptoms, he developed two severe neurological complications, seizure and transverse myelitis, that must be attributed to the vasculitis. Transverse myelitis has been reported in other systemic diseases, particularly lupus erythematosus, but this is the first case of transverse myelitis complicating urticarial vasculitis.
Department of Internal Medicine, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Timone, Marseille, France.
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G
Bolla
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P
Disdier
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D
Verrot
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Swiader
L
L
Andrac
J R
JR
Harlé
J
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Pouget
P J
PJ
Weiller
D000208:Acute Disease; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D018366:Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones