Rapid recovery from acute transverse myelitis in an elite female swimmer Journal Articles

abstract

• Rubella is now an uncommon disease, and its neurological complications are rarely encountered. One complication, acute transverse myelitis, has been described in a few case reports and usually has an unfavourable outcome. The case is presented of an elite swimmer who developed transverse myelitis after rubella, which was treated with methylprednisolone. The recovery was so rapid and complete that two months after the acute event she broke a national swimming record.

authors

• Mountjoy, Margo
• Dubnov, G
• Constantini, NW

status

• published 

publication date

• March 2006

has subject area

• 09 Engineering (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• 13 Education (FoR)
• Adult (MeSH)
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Methylprednisolone (MeSH)
• Myelitis, Transverse (MeSH)
• Rubella (MeSH)
• Sport Sciences (Science Metrix)
• Swimming (MeSH)
• Treatment Outcome (MeSH)

published in

• British Journal of Sports Medicine  Journal

keywords

• Adult
• Anti-Inflammatory Agents
• Female
• Humans
• Methylprednisolone
• Myelitis, Transverse
• Rubella
• Swimming
• Treatment Outcome

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1136/bjsm.2005.020685

start page

• e8

end page

• e8

volume

• 40

issue

• 3