MRI scans of cervical cord provide evidence of anterior horn lesion in a patient with tick‐borne encephalomyeloradiculitis

Stich, Oliver; Reinhard, Matthias; Rauer, Sebastian

doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2007.01774.x

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“…In the largest study of patients with TBE, only 18 of 102 patients (17.5 %) revealed abnormal findings, which were restricted mainly to the thalamus and occasionally to the cerebellum, nucleus caudatus, basal ganglia and brainstem [15]. These findings were confirmed by several other case reports; in individual patients, involvement of the spinal cord and the radices was also demonstrated [32][33][34][35][36].…”

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confidence: 51%

Tick-borne encephalitis: Clinical findings and prognosis in adults

Kaiser

2012

Wien Med Wochenschr

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In middle and eastern European countries, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is one of the most important human infections of the central nervous system. TBE virus (TBEV) is mainly transmitted by tick bites and in very rare cases by unpasteurized milk. The incubation period is on an average 7-10 days. A biphasic course of illness with a prodromal period occurs in about two third of patients. In European countries, TBE presents as meningitis in about 50 % of patients, as meningoencephalitis in 40 %, and as meningoencephalomyelitis in 10 %. The severity of TBE increases with age, in children and adolescents, meningitis is the predominant form of the disease. Long-term prognosis is unfavorable in about 40-50 % of patients who suffer from sequelae for months to years, mainly in terms of pareses, ataxia, and other gait disturbances. No specific treatment for TBE is known so far, but TBE can be successfully prevented by active immunization.

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Tick-borne encephalitis: Clinical findings and prognosis in adults

Kaiser

2012

Wien Med Wochenschr

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“…Most common are thalamic lesions that can be unilateral or bilateral, multifocal or more diffuse in character [162]. In patients with myelitis and radiculitis spinal MRI has shown increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images in the spinal cord with a predilection to the anterior horns [157,158,162,[166][167][168][169][170].…”

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“…Abnormalities were found in 18 of 102 patients (18%), in 11 of 64 (17%) with meningoencephalitis, in seven of 25 (29%) with meningoencephalomyelitis, and in none of 13 (0%) patients with meningitis. Single case reports and small case series have reported brain MRI abnormalities in 26 of 40 (65%) examined patients [73,[155][156][157][158][159][160][161][162][163][166][167][168][169][170][171][172]. Spinal MRI abnormalities have been reported in single case reports and small case series in 11 of 16 (69%) examined patients (eight with encephalomyeloradiculitis, three with encephalomyelitis, two with isolated radiculitis and one with myeloradiculitis [157,158,162,[166][167][168][169][170][171].…”

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EAN consensus review on prevention, diagnosis and management of tick‐borne encephalitis

Taba

Schmutzhard

Forsberg

et al. 2017

Euro J of Neurology

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“…On initial MRI, T2-weighted images showed a hyperintense line in the anterior part of the cervical cord, involving the anterior horns from C3 to T1; no gadolinium-enhancement was detected. Follow-up MRI of the spinal cord, performed 2 weeks later, showed no pathological changes in the same area, suggesting a history of previous inflammation [ 28 ]. These findings correspond with other reports.…”

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Evaluation of Imaging Methods in Tick-Borne Encephalitis

Zawadzki¹,

Garkowski²,

Kubas³

et al. 2018

Pol J Radiol

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SummaryTick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is caused by a virus that belongs to the Flaviviridae family and is transmitted by tick bites. The disease has a biphasic course. Diagnosis is based on laboratory examinations because of non-specific clinical features, which usually entails the detection of specific IgM antibodies in either blood or cerebrospinal fluid that appear in the second phase of the disease. Neurological symptoms, time course of the disease, and imaging findings are multifaceted. During the second phase of the disease, after the onset of neurological symptoms, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities are observed in a limited number of cases. However, imaging features may aid in predicting the prognosis of the disease.

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MRI scans of cervical cord provide evidence of anterior horn lesion in a patient with tick‐borne encephalomyeloradiculitis

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

Tick-borne encephalitis: Clinical findings and prognosis in adults

Tick-borne encephalitis: Clinical findings and prognosis in adults

EAN consensus review on prevention, diagnosis and management of tick‐borne encephalitis

Evaluation of Imaging Methods in Tick-Borne Encephalitis

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