Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated With Dengue Viral Infection

作者：Chanthamat Nouansompheng; Sathirapanya Pornchai^*

来源：Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2010, 33(4): 425-427.

• Acute transverse myelitis, paraplegia
• Dengue fever
• Dengue hemorrhagic fever
• Methylprednisolone
• Flavivirus

Background: Acute transverse myelitis is a rare manifestation of dengue viral infection. Four cases have been previously reported in the literature.
Objective: To report a case of a 61-year-old woman who developed acute transverse myelitis 6 days after the onset of a dengue viral infection.
Findings: Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal cord showed hypersignal intensity on T2W at T9-T10. Laboratories studies revealed a high titer of hemagglutination inhibition of dengue virus. Treatment with intravenous pulse methylprednisolone and physiotherapy yielded a partial recovery, followed by complete resolution at 1 year postinfection.
Conclusion: Acute transverse myelitis is a rare manifestation of dengue infection that can occur in either the pen-infectious or postinfectious phases.

• 出版日期2010-10