Posttraumatic ascending myelopathy after spinal cord injury in a young man: A case report

Abstract

Abstract A 29‐year‐old man developed subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy 5 days after a spinal cord injury. He developed a fever and a blood culture showed an Alkaligenes spp. infection. Despite antibiotic and high‐dose corticosteroid therapy, same neurological deficits persisted, and a follow‐up MRI showed atrophy and swelling in the cervical cord.

Keywords

• neurologic deterioration
• rare condition
• spinal cord
• vertebrae fracture