Acute Transverse Myelitis or GBS?

Posted By Jen Schiller on March 25, 1998 at 21:42:16:







How do neurologists distinguish between the symptoms/test results of acute transverse myelitis as opposed to the acute onst of GBS?  What "pictures" should the MRI's, spinal tap or EMG show to distinguish between the two?  What about the presence or absence of deep tendon reflexes or Babinsky sign?  Can GBS spinal tap results also have high cell count as well as high protein count? What if parasthesias were in the back, not the legs? I really appreciate all the info this BB has provided, although often it has led to other questions?  The doctors who respond have been great!