Acute transverse myelitis associated with dengue viral infection.
BACKGROUND
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare manifestation of dengue viral infection. Four cases have been previously reported in the literature.


OBJECTIVE
To report a case of a 61-year-old woman who developed acute transverse myelitis 6 days after the onset of a dengue viral infection.


RESULTS
Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal cord showed hypersignal intensity on T2W at T9-T10. Laboratories studies revealed a high titer of hemagglutination inhibition of dengue virus. Treatment with intravenous pulse methylprednisolone and physiotherapy yielded a partial recovery, followed by complete resolution at 1 year postinfection.


CONCLUSIONS
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare manifestation of dengue infection that can occur in either the peri-infectious or postinfectious phases.
Department of Internal Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat yai, Songkhla, Thailand.
Nouansompheng
N
Chanthamat
Pornchai
P
Sathirapanya
D003715:Dengue / Q000150:complications*; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D011782:Quadriplegia