Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) Following Varicella Infection in a 13-Year Immunocompetent Child.

Virender Kumar Gehlawat, Jaya Shankar Kaushik, Poonam Mehta, Geeta Gathwala, Rachana Dubey

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Article in Iranian journal of child neurology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

Hemorrhagic Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis (LETM) as a First Presentation of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD): A Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical case reports · 2025
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Virender Kumar GehlawatDepartment of Pediatrics, Pt B D, Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Jaya Shankar KaushikDepartment of Pediatrics, Pt B D, Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Poonam MehtaDepartment of Pediatrics, Pt B D, Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Geeta GathwalaDepartment of Pediatrics, Pt B D, Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Rachana DubeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences · INMahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Varicella infection in children is a common self-limited illness with neurological complications in less than 0.1% of cases. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is uncommon in children following infection with varicella-zoster virus. We describe a case of 13-yr immunocompetent girl with LETM following varicella infection shown a dramatic clinical response to a combination of acyclovir and pulse steroids.

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ChickenpoxTransverse myelitisVaricella

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