A longitudinally extensive myelopathy in a patient with AIDS.

Authors :: Hardy, Sara J.
Benavides, David R.
Thakur, Kiran T.
Probasco, John C.
Pardo, Carlos A.
Source :: Practical Neurology. Aug2015, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p312-316. 5p. 1 Color Photograph, 2 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts, 1 Graph.
Publication Year :: 2015
Abstract: The article presents a case study of a 42-year-old African-American woman who was diagnosed with AIDS 11 years before the abrupt onset of numbness and heaviness in her left lower limb. The patient was expected to have an idiopathic transverse myelitis. She underwent extensive laboratory evaluation for causes of longitudinally extensive myelopathies and the brain lesions.