Subacute Transverse Myelitis Developed Depending on Lyme Disease: A Case Report

Abstract

He referred our clinic when he can only ambulated with support, after urinary and fecal hesitancy began with progressive paraplegia in last 2 weeks. There were no fever, dermal lesion, lympadenopathy and organomegaly, in his physical examination. Upper thoracal vertebral spinous processes were sensible at his back side. Muscular strengths were 3-4/5 distally and 4/5 proximally at lower extremity. Also vibration sense was absent at lower extremity. There were hypoesthesia beginning from T5-6 level and pain was increasing with touch. There were increased deep tendon reflexes in lower extremities and bilateral babinski sign and also minimal hypertonia in lower extremities.