2024
DOI: 10.4103/ajr.ajr_13_24
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Bilateral lower limb weakness due to transverse myelitis as a first presentation of ankylosing spondylitis

Firas Salim,
Shadi Abuhashem,
Osayd Nassar
et al.

Abstract: The occurrence of transverse myelitis (TM) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients is a rarely reported event with only a few reports of similar cases in existing literature. When faced with a patient with TM, attention should be focused on determining the cause. AS should be kept in mind as a possible etiology. We report the case of a 58-year-old female patient who presented at Al-Ahli Hospital in Palestine, with a 3-day history of lower limb weakness, preceded by a 1-month history of lower back pain with rad… Show more

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