Case report
English
Wanis H. Ibrahim 1, Osama R. Elalamy 1, Sanjay H. Doiphode 2, Hassan Mobyaed 3, Adham Darweesh 4
1-Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; 2-Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar; 3-Medicine Department, St. Michael’s Hospital, 4 CC Clinics, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4-Radiology Department, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Libyan J Med 2010, 5: 4862 – DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.4862
Abstract
Acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia is a very rare manifestation of meningococcal meningitis, with only a few cases reported in the literature. In almost all previously reported cases, other clinical manifestations of meningitis, such as fever, headache, and neck stiffness preceded acute myelopathy. In this paper, we report a case of acute myelopathy with sudden paraplegia as the sole manifestation of meningococcal meningitis, in the absence of other clinical manifestations of meningitis.
Keywords: myelopathy; meningitis; meningococci
Link/DOI: http://www.libyanjournalofmedicine.net/index.php/ljm/article/view/4862/5379