In:
Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Wiley, Vol. 5, No. 5 ( 2017-09), p. 155-158
Abstract:
Progressive myelopathy is caused by infectious, inflammatory, autoimmune, paraneoplastic, demyelinating, vascular, hereditary, degenerative, metabolic and toxic properties. Here, we report a case of a 53‐year‐old woman who showed a progressive cervical and thoracic myelopathy with muscle weakness in all limbs, and hypoesthesia in all limbs and trunk below the Th8 level without any evident magnetic resonance imaging lesions. She displayed rheumatoid factor, anti‐double stranded DNA antibody and hepatitis B surface antigen, as well as an elevated cerebrospinal fluid protein level. The paraneoplastic antibodies that we examined were negative. Our treatments (plasma exchange, steroid pulse therapy and immunoglobulin therapy) were slightly effective, but the symptoms did not improve completely. The present case suggests that the presence of a cervical and thoracic lesion without evident magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities required a careful follow up to discover occult lesions.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
2049-4173
,
2049-4173
DOI:
10.1111/ncn3.2017.5.issue-5
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2017
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2706717-8