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Journal of Case Reports
Hepatitis-B Associated Acute Transverse Myelitis Mimicking Syringomyelia

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Aneesh Basheer, Sudhagar Mookkappan, Vijay Shanmugham, Nagarajan Natarajan
From the Department of General Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Ganapathichettikulam, Kalapet, Pondicherry- 605014, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dr. Aneesh Basheer
Email: basheeraneesh@gmail.com
Received: 10-JAN-2014 Accepted: 27-JAN-2014 Published Online: 20-FEB-2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2014.0019
Abstract
Acute transverse myelitis is a rare clinical entity characterized by sudden onset of sensori-motor paralysis due to complete spinal cord dysfunction below a definite level, usually on the trunk. It may be precipitated by a number of conditions, especially vaccinations. Though hepatitis B vaccination can result in transverse myelitis, its occurrence following acute hepatitis B infection has never been described. Moreover, transverse myelitis presenting with features of syringomyelia is rare. We report the case of acute transverse myelitis associated with hepatitis B infection, which was clinically misdiagnosed as a syrinx.
Keywords : Myelitis, Transverse, Hepatitis B, Syringomyelia, Hepatitis B vaccines, Vaccination.
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