Multifocal Relapsing-remitting Myelitis in a Patient with Atopic Dermatitis: Multiple Sclerosis or Atopic Myelitis?
| Autor: | Mitsuhiro Osame, Fujio Umehara, Kayoko Itoh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Allergy Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Multiple Sclerosis Prednisolone Myelitis Immunoglobulin E Dermatitis Atopic Diagnosis Differential Central nervous system disease Atopy Recurrence Internal Medicine Humans Medicine biology business.industry Multiple sclerosis General Medicine Atopic dermatitis medicine.disease Spinal cord Magnetic Resonance Imaging Radiography body regions Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Cord biology.protein Female business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 41:495-497 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| Popis: | We describe a patient with multifocal relapsing-remitting myelitis. This case had abnormal high intensity lesions in the spinal cord at the cervical and thoracic levels on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She had complicated atopic dermatitis and high serum IgE levels, which showed strong sensitivity to mite antigen. These features closely resemble those of atopic myelitis, suggesting that atopic myelitis may develop a relapse with multifocal involvement of the spinal cord, which can mimic multiple sclerosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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