Name
TRANSVERSE MYELITIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS - DEVIC DISEASE - GUILLAIN - BARRE SYNDROME TRANSVERSE MYELITIS HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH - LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS & OTHER COLLAGEN- VASCULAR DISEASES - SJOGREN SYNDROME - BEHCET DISEASE - SARCOIDOSISOTHER TESTS : * MRI SPINAL CORD & BRAIN - BRAIN MRI SHOULD ALWAYS BE INCLUDED TO RULE OUT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS * CSF - NORMAL OR SLIGHT PLEOCYTOSIS WITH INCREASED MONONUCLEAR CELLS BUT IN SEVERE CASES POLYMORPHS. PROTEINS ARE NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY RAISED.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CSF EXAMINATION, MRI