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橫斷性脊髓炎;全身性紅斑性狼瘡;脈衝式治療;抗磷脂抗體;transverse myelitis;SLE;pulse therapy;antiphospholipid antibodies
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Recurrence Of Transverse Myelitis After Long Term Neurological Recovery Associated With Antiphospholipid Antibodies In A Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : A Casereport, Yen-Ho Wang, Woei Tsay, Guang-Dar Yin, Kou-Mou Huang, Tien-Shang Huang
Recurrence Of Transverse Myelitis After Long Term Neurological Recovery Associated With Antiphospholipid Antibodies In A Patient With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : A Casereport, Yen-Ho Wang, Woei Tsay, Guang-Dar Yin, Kou-Mou Huang, Tien-Shang Huang
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
A 44-year-old female Taiwanese developed T5 transverse myelitis (TM) in 1984, eight years before the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). She responded very well to prednisolone and azathioprine administration and had complete neurological recovery. In August 1997, a relapse of TM at vicinal level, T6, occurred. Magnetic resonance image of the spinal cord revealed long segment involvement from T4 to T8. High titer of antiphospholipid antibodies and various serological markers of lupus activity were found to correlate with this relapse of TM. She responded very well to methylprednisolone pulse therapy with nearly complete neurological recovery. Follow-up examination of magnetic …