Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2025 , Vol 71 , Num 2

A case report of acute idiopathic longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis

Yasin Paltacı 1 ,Fatih Baygutalp 1 ,Mestan Şahin 2
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, Erzurum, Türkiye
DOI : 10.5606/tftrd.2025.15334 Transverse myelitis is a rare disease characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord. These findings may present with findings related to primary motor neuron damage or with nonspecific findings, such as loss of muscle strength and sensation in the extremities. Herein, we presented a 21-year-old female patient with transverse myelitis with complaints of muscle weakness and urinary incontinence who was diagnosed with lumbar disc herniation after lumbar imaging and whose complaints did not improve after surgery. Keywords : Acute transverse myelitis, extensive longitudinal, idiopathic