J Korean Geriatr Soc.
2005 Jun;9(2):157-160.
A Case of Recurrent Transverse Myelitis in an Eighty Year Old Woman
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- 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kangwon Univeristy College of Medicine, Gangwon-Do, Korea.
- 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gyeong-Gi Provincial Yeo-Ju Geriatric Hospital, Gyeong-Gi, Korea. guitarren@medigate.net
Abstract
- An eighty year old woman was admitted at our hospital diagnosed as a cervical transverse myelitis at a previous hospital. She had a sudden weakness of right upper extremity and left lower extremity 2 months after admission. She received magnetic resonance imaging of brain and spinal cord and cerebrospinal fluid examination and was diagnosed as a recurrent transverse myelitis and midbrain infarction. After a steroid treatment, the weakness of extremities was improved.
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