Acute transverse myelitis in children

ABSTRACT

A case of Acute Transverse Myelitis [ATM] is presented. ATM is a rare disease in childhood. The diagnosis stems from the clinical presentation, cerebrospinal fluid findings, appearance of the spinal cord on imaging and ruling out differential diagnoses like Guillain-Barre syndrome [GBS] and Poliomyelitis. The proposed treatment is intravenous [IV] methyl prednisolone with variable chances of recovery. A controlled multicenter study is suggested to assess epidemiology, etiology and prognosis of ATM