ABSTRACT
A new outbreak of monkeypox has been reported worldwide with CNS complications like encephalitis or myelitis being extremely rare. We present a case of a 30-year-old man with PCR-confirmed diagnosis of monkeypox who developed rapid neurological deterioration with extensive inflammatory involvement of the brain and spinal cord on MRI. Because of the clinical and radiological resemblance to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), it was decided to indicate treatment with high-dose corticosteroids for 5 days (without concomitant antiviral management due to lack of availability in our country). Given the poor clinical and radiological response, 5 days of immunoglobulin G were administered. During follow-up the patient's clinical condition improved, physiotherapy was started and all associated medical complications were controlled. To our knowledge, this is the first reported monkeypox case with severe CNS complications treated with steroids and immunoglobulin in the absence of specific antiviral treatment.
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Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated , Encephalomyelitis , Mpox (monkeypox) , Male , Humans , Adult , Mpox (monkeypox)/complications , Mpox (monkeypox)/drug therapy , Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated/complications , Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated/diagnostic imaging , Encephalomyelitis, Acute Disseminated/drug therapy , Brain/diagnostic imaging , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Antiviral Agents/therapeutic use , Encephalomyelitis/diagnostic imaging , Encephalomyelitis/drug therapy , Encephalomyelitis/complicationsABSTRACT
RESUMEN La mielitis transversa es una lesión de la médula espinal que causa déficit completo (sensitivo, motor y esfinteriano) desde el nivel en el cual se presenta. Existe una variante denominada longitudinalmente extensa, la cual en la imagen por resonancia magnética (RM) afecta a tres o más cuerpos vertebrales. Se presenta el caso de un paciente con un síndrome medular secundario a neurosífilis y deficiencia de ácido fólico con lesiones medulares extensas.
SUMMARY Transverse myelitis is the spinal cord injury that causes complete deficit (sensory and motor) from the level in which it is present, classically associated with the loss of sphincter control. There is a variant known as longitudinally extensive, which in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) affects three or more vertebral segments. We present the case of a patient with a medullary syndrome secondary to neurosyphilis with folate deficiency and extensive spinal cord injuries.
