Acute isolated myelitis due to measles
Beauvais, P.; Billette de Villemeur, T.; Richardet, J.M.
Annales de Pediatrie 36(10): 689-691
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0066-2097 PMID: 2624384 Document Number: 345146
We report a case of acute myelitis that developed in a seven-year-old girl with measles. Attention is drawn to the isolated occurrence of this complication in our patient who had no other neurologic abnormalities, and specifically no encephalitis, whereas spinal cord involvement in measles is usually overshadowed by prominent manifestations of encephalitis. Furthermore, we point out that intrathecal production of antibodies may occur but does not militate against the immunoallergic mechanism usually thought to be involved in this type of disease.