A case report of transverse myelitis and optic neuritis is presented in which the latter occurred following a myelogram with iopamidol. The literature relating to neurotoxicity of contrast agents is reviewed, and it is suggested that the optic neuritis may have been a neurotoxic effect

Demyelinating disorders are very common, but remains isolated to the part of nervous system they involve. However, infrequently, combined involvement of central and peripheral nervous system with demyelinating process have been described. We report one such rare case, with possible theories of common etiological basis. We present a middle aged male patient with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinatin...

To the Editor: Abdominal compression is a maneuver that is often applied in manually assisted coughing1 to aid patients with mainly neuromuscular disease whose cough is inadequate for removing bronchial secretions.2 We report the case of a woman who was tetraplegic secondary to transverse myelitis. Her caregivers provided manually assisted coughing for years but the maneuver was apparently rela...

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is characterized by optic neuritis or transverse myelitis with anti-aquaporin 4 (AQP4) antibodies (1). We herein present the case of a patient with NMOSD who also was affected with peripheral neuropathy. A 58-year-old woman developed gait disturbance and sensory impairment in the lower limbs. She exhibited longitudinally extensive transverse myelit...

Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein immunoglobulin G (anti-MOG-IgG) has been recently found to be associated with some forms of idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating CNS disorders. In a preliminary study from India, recurrent optic neuritis and isolated longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis were identified as the common phenotypes. The clinical and radiologic features of this newly disco...

H C Pfeiffer ([email protected])1, K Bragstad2, M K Skram1, H Dahl1, P K Knudsen1, M S Chawla3, M Holberg-Petersen4, K Vainio2, S G Dudman2, A M Kran4, A E Rojahn1 1. Department of Paediatrics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2. Department of Virology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway 3. Department of Radiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 4. Department of Mic...