Conversion Disorder Mimicking Transverse Myelitis in An Adolescent Lebanese Patient
Chadi Al ALAM, MD1* , Rima Hazzouri, MD2 and Razan Saleh3
1Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, ACPN, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2Pediatrics and Neonatology, Al Mouwasat hospital, Riyadh, KSA
3Occupational therapist, American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, ACPN, Abu Dhabi, UAE
*Corresponding Author: Chadi Al ALAM, MD, Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, ACPN, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Received: May 10, 2022 Published: May 25, 2022
Abstract
We present the case of a 13-year-old female Lebanese adolescent patient who initially presented to the emergency room for sudden onset of left sided weakness and dysarthria; All the investigations turned out to be negative; She was treated urgently as transverse myelitis because of the severity of this disease, with motor and sensory involvement and urinary retention; The previous history was hidden by the parents, and this was a reason to mislead the diagnosis. She developed during the hospitalisation a pseudo-seizure, and then we diagnosed her with conversion disorder and received the proper management with a multidisciplinary team.
Keywords: paroxysmal non-epileptic events, conversion disorder, transverse myelitis.
Citation: ALAM CA, Hazzouri R, Saleh R. “Conversion Disorder Mimicking Transverse Myelitis in An Adolescent Lebanese Patient”. SVOA Neurology 2022, 3:3, 127-130.
