Clinical and MRI findings in children with transverse myelitis
- VernacularTitle:儿童急性横贯性脊髓炎临床与磁共振成像
- Author:
Yihui HUANG
;
Haoquan LIN
;
Mingxiang LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Myelitis;
Magnetic resonance imaging;
Child
- From:
Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy
2008;15(5):785-786
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinical, MRI features and relation of them in children with transverse myelitis. Methods We analyse retrospectively the clinical and MRI features of 10 patients with transverse myelitis. Results 6 patients with prodromal period had lower limbs and quadriplegia. Most of them had dysfunction of superficial sense and sphincter, and the former was light and recovered quickly. The T2WI in all 10 patients shows high intensity, with blurry border. Only 4 patients of them had light augmentation on spinal cord. We found no relationship of the traumatic range or augmentation of spinal cord and the prognosis (P0.05). Conclusion In children with transverse myelitis, the T2WI is the most sensitive, credible and differential non-traumatic examinational procedure. It seems that children patients have different features compared to adults. For children patients, they have slight sensory disturbance and recover quickly. Not all patients show augmentation on spinal cord. It may has the South North regional difference.
