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Compressive myelopathy; Corticosteroids; Neurological disorder; Spinal cord compression; Transverse myelitis
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Transverse Myelitis Masquerading As Cauda Equina Syndrome, Stroke And Cervical Myelopathy, Sally Shin Jie Chan, Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Quan You Yeo, Jacob Y.L. Oh
Transverse Myelitis Masquerading As Cauda Equina Syndrome, Stroke And Cervical Myelopathy, Sally Shin Jie Chan, Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Quan You Yeo, Jacob Y.L. Oh
BioMedicine
Transverse myelitis is an uncommon but well-defined neurological syndrome. However, a high index of suspicion is needed to diagnose this condition, especially when it occurs in concomitance with preexisting spinal canal stenosis. We report our patient, a 48 year old male, who initially presented to our spine clinic with acute onset unilateral lower limb weakness associated with urinary retention, which was suspected to be cauda equina syndrome due to a prolapsed intervertebral disc. However, initial magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed only mild spinal canal stenosis from L2-L5 and C3- C6 levels; thus, the possibility of cauda equina syndrome was ruled …