Fulminant Acute Ascending Hemorrhagic Myelitis Treated with Eculizumab

We describe an 18-year-old patient who developed back pain, rapidly ascending sensomotory deficits, bladder dysfunction, Lhermitte’s sign, absent abdominal reflexes of all three levels, brisk tendon reflexes, and positive Babinski’s sign. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord showed a long s...

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Main Authors: Nang Boe Ohnmar Hsam, Klemens Angstwurm, Sebastian Peters, Kornelius Fuchs, Gerhard Schuierer, Ulrich Bogdahn, Robert Weissert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00345/full