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CLINICAL FEATURES AND IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF TRANSVERSE MYELITIS
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Objectives: Study the clinical features and imaging characteristics of transverse myelitis. Method: Case series, including 32 patients diagnosed and treated at Can Tho Central General Hospital and Can Tho City General Hospital from December 2021 to April 2024. Results: 32 patients were diagnosed with transverse myelitis, where the compressive cord lesion and other symptoms were excluded. The average age of the study was 49.22 ± 15.52 years, with women accounting for nearly 59.4%. The average duration of onset of symptoms to hospital admission was 6 days. Approximately 100% of patients presented to the hospital with symptoms of sensory disorder. In this study, spinal cord damage in patients lasted an average of 5.22 ± 0.49, with damage commonly occurring in the thoracic spine. Conclusion: Sensory disorder is one of the most common clinical diagnostic criteria for transverse myelitis in this study. Women are found to be more vulnerable to transverse myelitis than men at the same age. The percentage of lesions in the thoracic spinal cord was 53.13% and lesions longer than 2 vertebral segments accounted for 65.6%.
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transverse myelitis, magnetic resonance imaging.
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