[Transverse myelitis in immunocompetent children].
Acute transverse myelitis is an acute inflammatory medullar disease characterized by acute or subacute motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunction. The incidence is low and is estimated at 1-4 cases/10(6) inhabitants per year. In Spain, the disorder is exceptional and most reported cases have occurred in immunodepressed patients. We describe two new cases of transverse myelitis in immunocompetent children and review the etiopathogenesis, diagnosis and outcome of this disorder.
Unidad de Lactantes, Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain. eonate@chdo.osakidetza.net
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Oñate Vergara
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Sota Busselo
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Ruiz Benito
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology