Open AccessCompressive epidural fluid collection secondary to varicella zoster transverse myelitis
Author(s) -
Bari Vase,
Frommelt Jonathan,
Jain Vikas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the american college of emergency physicians open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2688-1152
DOI - 10.1002/emp2.12493
Subject(s) - transverse myelitis , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , acute transverse myelitis , myelitis , lesion , varicella zoster virus , transverse magnetic , spinal cord , radiology , transverse plane , pathology , virology , virus , psychiatry
Transverse myelitis is often clinically indistinguishable from compressive myelopathies that require emergent neurosurgical intervention. Here, we present a case of acute varicella zoster virus transverse myelitis that was associated with a compressive fluid collection on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) requiring emergent operative intervention. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of acute transverse myelitis and a compressive cord lesion in the adult population.