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Query: UMLS:C0026838 (
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A 35-year-old male was admitted to our hospital because of suspected myelitis. T
2
-weighted spinal MRI revealed a high intensity area at Th7-9. On admission, he showed mild weakness of the lower extremities and hyperreflexia of all extremities. Therefore, he was diagnosed with having spastic paraplegia. He presented no trismus or opisthotonos. There was pleocytosis in the cerebral spinal fluid. Dysuria, constipation and
spasticity
of the bilateral legs worsened, even though we administered methylprednisolone pulse therapy. Nonetheless, the symptoms had progressed on the 11th hospital day, opisthotonus and optic hyperesthesia were presented. On the 13th hospital day, we suspected local
tetanus
and administered
tetanus
toxoid. After one month, his symptoms had gradually improved. In the case of spastic paraplegia showing a subacute progression course and a faint abnormality on spinal MRI, the possibility of local
tetanus
should be considered.
...
PMID:[A case of local tetanus presenting spastic paraplegia mimicking myelitis]. 3036 24
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