Transverse myelitis after measles and rubella vaccination.
The incidence of severe neurological complications associated with measles or rubella vaccination is low. A 9-year-old girl developed urinary retention and lower limb paralysis 16 days after measles and rubella vaccination. Her illness was diagnosed as transverse myelitis. Clinical, laboratory and magnetic resonance image findings were consistent with her diagnosis. She was treated with steroids and discharged with only mild lower limb weakness.
Lim
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Department of Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Health, Seoul 122-70, Korea.
Park
S M
SM
Choi
H S
HS
Kim
D K
DK
Kim
H B
HB
Yang
B G
BG
Lee
J K
JK
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008458:Measles Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011859:Radiography; D012411:Rubella Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D008458:Measles Vaccine; D012411:Rubella Vaccine; D011239:Prednisolone; D008775:Methylprednisolone