Acute paraplegia with vanishing white matter lesions.
Young adults presenting with an acute myelopathy often represent a diagnostic challenge. We present the case of a 20-year-old man who demonstrated many of the diagnostic issues involved in the evaluation of this syndrome.
Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Rikke M
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Jensen
R Philip
RP
Kinkel
D000208:Acute Disease; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004673:Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000473:pathology; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000473:pathology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult