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Volume 24, Number 9—September 2018

Research Letter

Transverse Myelitis and Guillain-Barré Syndrome Associated with Cat-Scratch Disease, Texas, USA, 2011

Ramia ZakhourComments to Author , Pedro Mancias, Gloria Heresi, and Norma Pérez
Author affiliations: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (R. Zakhour); University of Texas UT Health, Houston, Texas, USA (R. Zakhour, P. Mancias, G. Heresi, N. Pérez)

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Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) on day 10 of illness in a 10-year-old girl with transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with cat-scratch disease, Houston, Texas, USA, 2011. A) Brain MRI. Arrow indicates focus of increased T2 signal in the left posterior periventricular and deep white matter. B) Sagittal spine MRI. Arrow indicates long segment of increased T2 signal centrally located within the spinal cord. C) Axial thoracic spine MRI. Arrow indicates increased central signal

Figure. Magnetic resonance images (MRIs) on day 10 of illness in a 10-year-old girl with transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with cat-scratch disease, Houston, Texas, USA, 2011. A) Brain MRI. Arrow indicates focus of increased T2 signal in the left posterior periventricular and deep white matter. B) Sagittal spine MRI. Arrow indicates long segment of increased T2 signal centrally located within the spinal cord. C) Axial thoracic spine MRI. Arrow indicates increased central signal within the spinal cord.

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