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Transverse Myelitis

How is it diagnosed?

A diagnosis of TM will be based on the observation of characteristic clinical features. Before a diagnosis can be made, other causes of pressure or inflammation of the spinal cord must be eliminated; this will usually involve carrying out a magnetic resonance imaging scan (MRI) and blood tests. Some patients require a lumbar puncture (spinal tap).

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Medical text written May 2006 by Contact a Family. Approved June 2006 by Professor R A C Hughes, Professor of Neurology, King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK.

 

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