title: Acute transverse myelitis in children.
abstract: A case of Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM) is presented. ATM is a rare disease in childhood. The diagnosis stems from the clinical presentation, cerebrospinal fluid findings, appearance of the spinal cord on imaging and ruling out differential diagnoses like Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) and Poliomyelitis. The proposed treatment is intravenous (IV) methyl prednisolone with variable chances of recovery. A controlled multicenter study is suggested to assess epidemiology, etiology and prognosis of ATM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, USA. asifmasood2@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Syed Asif
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Masood
authors.forename: Shahnaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone