de Seze J, Lanctin C, Lebrun C, Malikova I, Papeix C, Wiertlewski S, Pelletier J, Gout O, Clerc C, Moreau C, Defer G, Edan G, Dubas F, Vermersch P
Department of Neurology, University of Lille, France.
Neurology. 2005 Dec 27;65(12):1950-3. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000188896.48308.26.
Despite an extensive diagnostic workup, some cases of acute transverse myelitis (ATM) remain of unknown etiology and have been referred to as "idiopathic" by the Transverse Myelitis Consortium group. In a retrospective study of 288 patients with ATM, 45 cases (15.6%) met the criteria for idiopathic ATM. The patients formed a relatively homogeneous group in terms of clinical and MRI data, but the prognosis was highly variable.
尽管进行了广泛的诊断检查,但仍有一些急性横贯性脊髓炎(ATM)病例病因不明,被横贯性脊髓炎协会小组称为“特发性”。在一项对288例ATM患者的回顾性研究中,45例(15.6%)符合特发性ATM的标准。就临床和MRI数据而言,这些患者构成了一个相对同质的群体,但预后差异很大。