Open AccessPosttraumatic ascending myelopathy after spinal cord injury in a young man: A case report
Author(s) -
Esmaeilnia Mostafa,
Asadi Mona,
Sharara Hussein
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5997
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , spinal cord , spinal cord injury , atrophy , corticosteroid , spinal cord diseases , surgery , cord , anesthesia , pathology , psychiatry
A 29‐year‐old man developed subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy 5 days after a spinal cord injury. He developed a fever and a blood culture showed an Alkaligenes spp. infection. Despite antibiotic and high‐dose corticosteroid therapy, same neurological deficits persisted, and a follow‐up MRI showed atrophy and swelling in the cervical cord.
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