Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis: Application of the recent diagnostic criteria

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J. de Sèze · Délégation Provence et Corse

C. Lanctin · Délégation Provence et Corse

Christine Lebrun‐Frénay · Délégation Provence et Corse

Irina Malikova · Délégation Provence et Corse

Caroline Papeix · Délégation Provence et Corse

Sandrine Wiertlewski · Délégation Provence et Corse

Jean Pelletier

Abstract

Despite an extensive diagnostic workup, some cases of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) remain of unknown etiology and have been referred to as "idiopathic" by the Transverse Myelitis Consortium group. In a retrospective study of 288 patients with ATM, 45 cases (15.6%) met the criteria for idiopathic ATM. The patients formed a relatively homogeneous group in terms of clinical and MRI data, but the prognosis was highly variable.

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Published in: Neurology

Volume 65, Issue 12, pp. 1950-1953

DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188896.48308.26

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