Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis with Intramedullary Metastasis of Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma: An Autopsy Case Report

Table 1

Clinical features of LETM reported previously within 3 years.

Authors	Year	Age	Gender	The extent of spinal cord lesion on MRI findings	Initial symptoms	Pathogenesis	Prognosis
Graham et al. [14]	2013	25	Male	T3-L2	Spastic paraparesis	Neuro-Behçet's disease	Improved
Huang et al. [13]	2013	39	Male	C3-conus medullaris	Motor and sensory disturbance in lower limbs	SLE	Not improved
Salazar et al. [12]	2013	46	Male	Entire spinal cord	Leg weakness, ataxia, and paresthesia	NMO/HIV	Improved
Coulter et al. [11]	2012	18	Male	T3-conus medullaris	Spastic paraplegia and pyramidal weakness	Neuro-Behçet's disease	Improved
White et al. [10]	2012	18	Male	T3-conus medullaris	Numbness and flaccid paralysis in lower limbs	SLE	Improved
Stanifer et al. [9]	2012	50	Female	C4-T4	Motor and sensory disturbance in all four limbs	Sjögren’s syndrome	Improved
Franciotta et al. [8]	2011	62	Female	C6-T11	Right leg weakness and numbness in lower limbs	NMO	Improved
Habek et al. [7]	2011	43	Female	Medulla oblongata to C7	Spastic tetraparesis	NMO spectrum disorder	Improved
Itami et al. [6]	2011	73	Female	Entire spinal cord	Gait disturbance	HTLV-1-associated myelopathy	Improved
Kumar et al. [5]	2011	82	Female	T3-T11	Lower limbs weakness and numbness	Intravascular lymphoma	Died
Nightingale et al. [4]	2011	78	Male	C5-T10	Bilateral leg weakness	NMO	Not improved
		31	Female	C5-T4	Bilateral leg weakness and numbness	NMO spectrum disorder	Improved
Ohnaka et al. [3]	2010	34	Male	From T3 vertebral body to conus medullaris	Paraplegia in lower limbs	Lung cancer	Symptoms remained
Akkad et al. [2]	2010	27	Female	From the top of cervical vertebrae to thoracic cord	Weakness and paresthesias in lower limbs	Vaccination against influenza vaccine	Improved