Transient myelopathy of the cervical posterior columns in a young man with recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus.
We present the case of a young man with recently manifesting type I diabetes mellitus who progressively developed clinical and radiological signs and symptoms of cervical posterior column myelopathy with eventually spontaneous and complete recovery as concerns both clinical symptomatology and MRI abnormalities.
Prick
J J
JJ
Department of Neurology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, loc. Oldenzaal, PO Box 50000, 7500 KA, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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Hoogenraad
T U
TU
D000328:Adult; D001259:Ataxia / Q000209:etiology*; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology