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. 2013:2013:386765.
doi: 10.1155/2013/386765. Epub 2013 Mar 28.

Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated with Buserelin Use during IVF

Djavid I Alleemudder  1 , Khaled Sadek, Shaun Fountain, Sallie Davies
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Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated with Buserelin Use during IVF

Djavid I Alleemudder et al. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2013.

Abstract

A healthy woman undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) developed acute transverse myelitis (ATM) following the use of Buserelin. ATM has a multifactorial etiology and may develop as a result of the activation of immune responses. Infectious agents have been postulated as possible triggers of an immune response (Sá, 2009). Gonadotropin-releasing agonists may have a similar role and trigger the acceleration of preexisting disease by the activation of immune responses (Ho et al., 1995, and Umesaki et al., 1999).

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Figure 1
Sagittal view showing increased signal seen at the level of C5 and T8/8, appearances compatible with an inflammatory cause.
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Figure 2
Axial view showing periventricular lesions supporting a clinical diagnosis of demyelination in the clinical context and knowledge of the spine.
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Figure 3
Coronal view showing periventricular lesions supporting a clinical diagnosis of demyelination in the clinical context and knowledge of the spine.
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