Affiliations: Department of Child and Adolescent Neurology, National
Institute of Neurology, La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia | Department of Neuroradiology , National Institute of
Neurology, La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisia
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Hanene Benrhouma, Department of Child and
Adolescent Neurology, National Institute of Neurology, La Rabta 1007, Tunis,
Tunisia. Tel.: +216 98 224536; Fax: +216 71 573 197; E-mail: hanenebenrhouma@yahoo.fr
Abstract: Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of respiratory tract
infection. Extra-pulmonary complications of M. pneumoniae infection include
neurologic complications involving the central nervous system. Myelitis is one
of the most severe complications of central nervous system. We report a unique
case of acute transverse myelitis associated with M. pneumoniae infection in a
3-year-old boy with particular imaging and clinical course features.
Intravenous corticosteroids were prescribed with an 8 wk tapering of oral
corticosteroids resulting in full recovery. We postulate an immune-mediated
mechanism.
