MRI appearances of the CNS manifestations ofMycoplasma pneumoniae:a report of two cases

✍ Scribed by D. A. Francis; A. Brown; D. H. Miller; C. M. Wiles; E. D. Bennett; N. Leigh

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 366 KB
• Volume: 235
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00314492

✦ Synopsis

Two patients are reported with Mycoplasma pneumoniae-related cervical myelitis. Magnetic resonance imaging in each case demonstrated clinically silent lesions suggesting more extensive neurological involvement. This supports the concept of widespread immunologically mediated disease occurring as a remote effect of initial M. pneumoniae respiratory infection. Differences from the MRI appearances of a patient with mycoplasma-related Guillian-Barré syndrome imply that more than one antigenic determinant is involved.