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Transverse myelitis after measles and rubella vaccination
Author(s) -
Lim S,
Park SM,
Choi HS,
Kim DK,
Kim HB,
Yang BG,
Lee JK
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00470.x
Subject(s) - medicine , measles , transverse myelitis , rubella , vaccination , myelitis , virology , pediatrics , immunology , multiple sclerosis , psychiatry , spinal cord
The incidence of severe neurological complications associated with measles or rubella vaccination is low. A 9‐year‐old girl developed urinary retention and lower limb paralysis 16 days after measles and rubella vaccination. Her illness was diagnosed as transverse myelitis. Clinical, laboratory and magnetic resonance image findings were consistent with her diagnosis. She was treated with steroids and discharged with only mild lower limb weakness.