1.Recurrent herpes zoster myelitis.
Jong Sam BAIK ; Won Chan KIM ; Ji Hoe HEO ; Ho Yeol ZHENG
Journal of Korean Medical Science 1997;12(4):360-363
Recurrent zoster myelitis is quite rare. We present a previously healthy 27-year-old woman who developed recurrent attacks of myelopathy shortly after the characteristic skin rashes of herpes zoster. Magnetic resonance imaging studies demonstrated each lesion in the spinal cord at the same segments as the skin lesions. She had two attacks at opposite sites at the same spinal cord level and complete recovery after being treated with intravenous acyclovir. We suspect that direct invasion of varicella zoster virus was the cause of recurrent myelopathy in our patient.
Adult
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Case Report
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Female
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Herpes Zoster/complications*
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Human
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Myelitis/virology*
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Myelitis/diagnosis
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Recurrence
2.Acute transverse myelitis associated with coxsackievirus B---A retrospective analysis of 7 patients.
Zhan-dong LIU ; De-xin WANG ; Zi-jing FENG
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology 2008;22(1):60-62
OBJECTIVEAcute Transverse myelitis (ATM) is a focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord, resulting in motor, sensory, and autonomic nerve dysfunction. There is often a clearly defined rostral border of sensory dysfunction. Nowadays, the pathogenesis of ATM is not clear. The present study aimed to understand possible relationship between ATM and infection with Coxsackievirus B.
METHODSIgM antibody against Coxsackievirus B was detected in cerebrospinal fluid of 33 patients with ATM.
RESULTSIn 7 of the 33 cases with ATM, the IgM andtibody Coxsackievirus B (CVB) was positive. No infections with other pathogens were found at the onset of the disease.
CONCLUSIONThe pathogenesis of ATM may involve infection with Coxsackievirus B.
Adult ; Antibodies, Viral ; cerebrospinal fluid ; immunology ; Enterovirus B, Human ; immunology ; pathogenicity ; physiology ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin M ; cerebrospinal fluid ; immunology ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Myelitis, Transverse ; cerebrospinal fluid ; immunology ; pathology ; virology ; Retrospective Studies