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01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions: not always neuromyelitis optica

Authors: Antoine Ruyssen, Nicolas Mulquin, Thierry Gustin, Caroline Fervaille, Frédéric London

Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica | Issue 2/2018

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Diagnosis of spinal cord lesions can be challenging. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis is a frequent manifestation of inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as neuromyelitis optica and neurosarcoidosis. However, it is not pathognomonic of these diseases which can be mimicked by others disorders. We present a case of primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL) which initially manifested as a longitudinally extensive transverse myelopathy (LETM). …

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Title: Longitudinally extensive spinal cord lesions: not always neuromyelitis optica
Authors: Antoine Ruyssen
Nicolas Mulquin
Thierry Gustin
Caroline Fervaille
Frédéric London
Publication date: 01-06-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Acta Neurologica Belgica / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 0300-9009
Electronic ISSN: 2240-2993
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-0916-x

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