title: Acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia as the sole manifestation of meningococcal meningitis.
abstract: Acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia is a very rare manifestation of meningococcal meningitis, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In almost all previously reported cases, other clinical manifestations of meningitis, such as fever, headache, and neck stiffness preceded acute myelopathy. In this paper, we report a case of acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia as the sole manifestation of meningococcal meningitis, in the absence of other clinical manifestations of meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Wanis H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Ibrahim
authors.forename: Osama R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Elalamy
authors.forename: Sanjay H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Doiphode
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mobyaed
authors.forename: Adham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darweesh