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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0122-0667</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Médica de Risaralda]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Revista médica Risaralda]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0122-0667</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0122-06672018000200139</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Mielitis Transversa Análisis Clínico y Revisión de Caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Transverse Myelitis, Clinical Analysis and Case Review]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Cecilia]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Médica]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mena Andrea.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Eider]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Moreno-Cortes]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvaro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Muriel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mauricio]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ocampo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Susana López de Valencia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Popayán Cauca]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Local Ismael Roldan Valencia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quibdó Choco]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Mayo Clinic  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Scottsdale AZ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Libre seccional Cali Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cali ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Libre Cali  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>24</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>139</fpage>
<lpage>142</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0122-06672018000200139&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0122-06672018000200139&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0122-06672018000200139&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La mielitis transversa es una enfermedad inflamatoria y desmielinizante aguda o subaguda que se desarrolla en ausencia de afectación neurológica previa y compromete las vías sensitiva y motora además del control autónomo de la medula espinal. El cuadro se presenta como un dolor lumbar localizado, parestesias de inicio súbito en miembros inferiores con pérdida de la sensibilidad y paraparesia que puede evolucionar a paraplejia a lo que se suma comúnmente la disfunción vesical e intestinal; la coordinación y la sensibilidad de los miembros superiores también puede verse comprometida La incidencia de esta patología es baja, en los Estados Unidos oscila entre 14.000 casos nuevos en el año, de los cuales 33.000 persisten con secuelas. Afecta a hombres, mujeres y niños de todas las razas por igual, presentándose con más frecuencia entre los 10-19 años y los 30-39 años de edad. El diagnóstico diferencial incluye: síndrome de Guillain-Barré, compresión medular por tumores, mielopatías de origen vascular, esclerosis múltiple, neuromielitis óptica entre otros. El diagnóstico se basa en la presunción clínica, ante la cual debe solicitarse una resonancia magnética de manera urgente. El siguiente paso es realizar una punción lumbar para estudio en líquido cefalorraaquídeo (LCR) de células blancas, IgG y albúmina. El tratamiento de la mielitis transversa va encaminado hacia la resolución del proceso inflamatorio a nivel medular y la detención del avance del mismo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Transverse myelitis is an acute or subacute inflammatory demyelinating disease that develops in the absence of previous neurological involvement and compromises the sensory and motor pathways in addition to the autonomous control of the spinal cord, the table is presented as a localized back pain, sudden paresthesia in lower limbs with loss of sensation and paraparesis which may progress to paraplegia commonly associated with bladder and bowel dysfunction; coordination and sensitivity of the upper limbs may also be compromised The incidence of this disease is low, in the United States ranges from 14,000 new cases per year of which 33,000 remain with sequelae. It affects men, women and children of all races equally predominantly between 10-19 years and 30-39 years of age. Differential diagnoses include Guillain- Barré syndrome, compression by spinal cord tumors, vascular myelopathy, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis óptica spectrum diseases amongst others. Diagnosis is based on clinical suspicion upon which an MRI should be requested urgently, the next step is to perform a lumbar puncture to study CSF white cell count, IgG and albumin. The treatment of transverse myelitis is aimed towards resolution of the inflammatory process in the spinal cord and avoiding neural deficit progression.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inflamación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[desmielinización]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mielitis transversa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diagnóstico diferencial.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[inflammation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[demyelination]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[transverse myelitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnostic difference.]]></kwd>
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