Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function
Neural tube defects result from failure of neural tube fusion during early embryogenesis, the fourth week after conception. The spectrum of severity is not uniform across the various forms of this congenital anomaly as certain presentations are not compatible with extrauterine life (anencephaly) whi...
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| author | Sakina Rashid Grace Kinabo Marissa Kellogg William P. Howlett Marieke C. J. Dekker |
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| description | Neural tube defects result from failure of neural tube fusion during early embryogenesis, the fourth week after conception. The spectrum of severity is not uniform across the various forms of this congenital anomaly as certain presentations are not compatible with extrauterine life (anencephaly) while, on the other hand, other defects may remain undiagnosed as they are entirely asymptomatic (occult spina bifida). We report a child with previously normal neurological development, a devastating clinical course following superinfection of a subtle spina bifida defect which resulted in a flaccid paralysis below the level of the lesion and permanent neurological deficits following resolution of the acute infection and a back closure surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4f7662374f814184ab828e3d93724d2d2025-08-20T02:05:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Neurological Medicine2090-66682090-66762016-01-01201610.1155/2016/89189548918954Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological FunctionSakina Rashid0Grace Kinabo1Marissa Kellogg2William P. Howlett3Marieke C. J. Dekker4Department of Pediatrics, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, TanzaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, TanzaniaStanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, TanzaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, TanzaniaNeural tube defects result from failure of neural tube fusion during early embryogenesis, the fourth week after conception. The spectrum of severity is not uniform across the various forms of this congenital anomaly as certain presentations are not compatible with extrauterine life (anencephaly) while, on the other hand, other defects may remain undiagnosed as they are entirely asymptomatic (occult spina bifida). We report a child with previously normal neurological development, a devastating clinical course following superinfection of a subtle spina bifida defect which resulted in a flaccid paralysis below the level of the lesion and permanent neurological deficits following resolution of the acute infection and a back closure surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8918954 |
| spellingShingle | Sakina Rashid Grace Kinabo Marissa Kellogg William P. Howlett Marieke C. J. Dekker Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function Case Reports in Neurological Medicine |
| title | Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function |
| title_full | Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function |
| title_fullStr | Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function |
| title_short | Secondary Myelitis in Dermal Sinus Causing Paraplegia in a Child with Previously Normal Neurological Function |
| title_sort | secondary myelitis in dermal sinus causing paraplegia in a child with previously normal neurological function |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8918954 |
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