Post Varicella Neurological Complication: A Case of Transverse Myelitis

Abstract

Longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis is defined as a spinal cord lesion that extends over three or more spinal segments. Varicella zoster virus is an exclusively human neurotropic virus that reactivates following the weaning of cell-mediated immunity as age advances, resulting in herpes zoster. We report the case of a 61-year lady presenting with dorsal cord longitudinally extending transverse myelitis following herpes zoster infection that resolved with immunomodulation and antivirals.