Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 5
Letter
Transverse myelitis associated with Crohn's disease: an exceptional case, idiopathic or secondary?

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6920/2019

Guillermo Castillo López, Mercedes Lumbreras Cabrera,

Abstract
Transverse myelitis (TM) is a serious inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord. The annual incidence is 1 to 5 cases per million people. It produces sensory, motor and autonomic symptoms. Once metabolic and vascular causes and demyelinating diseases have been ruled out, they can be classified as paraneoplastic, parainfectious (up to half debut after infection), toxic-pharmacological (TNFα receptor inhibitors can induce TM) or associated with systemic diseases (Lupus). After a complete study, up to 30 % are considered idiopathic.
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Publication history

Received: 29/01/2020

Accepted: 11/03/2020

Online First: 27/04/2020

Published: 08/05/2020

Article revision time: 26 days

Article Online First time: 89 days

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