Acute Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an etiologically heterogeneous syndrome with acute or subacute onset, in which inflammation of the spinal cord results in neurologic deficits, manifesting as weakness, sensory loss and autonomic dysfunction.It is frequently associated with infectious or systemic autoimmune diseases, but its etiology remains unknown in a substantial portion of cases, which are classified as idiopathic.However, some new epidemiological data indicating that the incidence of idiopathic ATM is considerably higher in female as compare to male.There is growing evidence that the antibodies targeting this channel protein have pathogenic potential, thereby providing insights into the possible pathogenetic mechanisms of at least one type of ATM [1].This is the case report of 32-year-old female patient who came to hospital with complains of fever afterword's chills since one and half month, chest pain since 15 days and inability to move limbs since 12 days and a known case of diabetes mellitus II (DM-II) since 1 year.The major cause for occurrence of acute transverse myelitis in this patient is inflammation of spinal cord due to history of high fever.