title: Idiopathic recurrent transverse myelitis with syringomyelia: a case report.
abstract: Idiopathic transverse myelitis is a monophasic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and its recurrence is a rare entity. Existence of syringomyelia in the spinal cord in inflammatory CNS disease is not usually encountered. This case study describes a 45-year-old man who was admitted with features of a cervical demyelinating disease. The history of the patient indicated that this could be a recurring attack. Cervical MRI and laboratory examination of the patient showed evidence of recurrent transverse myelitis. The patient was managed with medical therapy. The follow-up cervical MRI of the patient 2 years later indicated syringomyelia in the cervical cord.
authors.affiliation: Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Neurosurgery Department, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. drolcayeser@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Olcay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coşar
authors.forename: Bülent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Petik
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*