To the Editor: A 55-year-old woman presented with sudden onset symmetric weakness of both lower limbs along with truncal weakness and urinary retention for 7 days. However, she denied any history of pain trauma, loss...To the Editor: A 55-year-old woman presented with sudden onset symmetric weakness of both lower limbs along with truncal weakness and urinary retention for 7 days. However, she denied any history of pain trauma, loss of consciousness, or any evidence of upper limb weakness, breathlessness, or cranial nerve involvement. According to history, a provisional diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis was made, for which she was being treated before coming to the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.展开更多
文摘To the Editor: A 55-year-old woman presented with sudden onset symmetric weakness of both lower limbs along with truncal weakness and urinary retention for 7 days. However, she denied any history of pain trauma, loss of consciousness, or any evidence of upper limb weakness, breathlessness, or cranial nerve involvement. According to history, a provisional diagnosis of acute transverse myelitis was made, for which she was being treated before coming to the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.