Serial MRI findings of acute flaccid myelitis during an outbreak of enterovirus D68 infection in Japan

• Published in: Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979) Vol. 41; no. 5; pp. 443 - 451
• Main Authors: Okumura, Akihisa, Mori, Harushi, Fee Chong, Pin, Kira, Ryutaro, Torisu, Hiroyuki, Yasumoto, Sawa, Shimizu, Hiroyuki, Fujimoto, Tsuguto, Tanaka-Taya, Keiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Brainstem; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease Outbreaks; Enterovirus D, Human - pathogenicity; Enterovirus Infections - complications; Female; Gadolinium-enhancement; Gray Matter - diagnostic imaging; Gray Matter - pathology; Humans; Infant; Japan; Longitudinal spinal lesions; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Myelitis - diagnostic imaging; Myelitis - etiology; Myelitis - pathology; Myelitis - physiopathology; Outcome; Paralysis - diagnostic imaging; Paralysis - etiology; Paralysis - pathology; Paralysis - physiopathology; Serial changes; White Matter - diagnostic imaging; White Matter - pathology; Japan; Serial changes; Gadolinium-enhancement; Longitudinal spinal lesions; Outcome; Brainstem

To clarify the neuroimaging findings of children with acute flaccid myelitis during an outbreak of EV-D68 infection. We performed a detailed review of the spinal and cranial MRI results of 54 children with acute flaccid myelitis. We focused on the range of longitudinal lesions, the localization and...