Acute Flaccid Myelitis: A Clinical Overview for 2019 Yasaman Fatemi, MD, Rana Chakraborty, MD, MSc, DPhil (Oxon) Mayo Clinic Proceedings Volume 94, Issue 5, Pages 875-881 (May 2019) DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.03.011 Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Confirmed cases of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from August 2014 through January 2019. From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.15 Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2019 94, 875-881DOI: (10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.03.011) Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Magnetic resonance images of a 13-year-old male patient with confirmed acute flaccid myelitis demonstrating classic findings. Sagittal image (Left) shows hyperintensity of the central cervical spinal cord (arrow). Axial image (Right) demonstrates hyperintensity localized to the central gray matter within the cord (arrow), consistent with location of anterior horn cells. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2019 94, 875-881DOI: (10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.03.011) Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions
Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2019 94, 875-881DOI: (10. 1016/j. mayocp. 2019 Copyright © 2019 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Terms and Conditions