title: Acute myelopathy with normal imaging.
abstract: A 17-year-old girl presented with rapidly progressive quadriparesis and ventilatory failure. The clinical findings indicated a spinal level, but the diagnosis of myelopathy was not supported by her initial spinal imaging and cerebrospinal fluid studies. She had completed treatment for Guillain-Barré syndrome before a follow-up spinal imaging study showed interval expansion and enhancement of the cervical cord.
authors: Neuroscience Institute, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ 07764, USA. nholland@neurologyspecialists.org
authors: Neil R
authors: NR
authors: Holland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002357:Cartilage Diseases; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004617:Embolism; D005260:Female; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000175:diagnosis; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media