Preferred Label : Myelitis due to systemic lupus erythematosus;
ICD-11 definition : Inflammation of the spinal cord in association with systemic lupus erythematosis which
may be temporally acute, subacute or chronic and anatomically partial or complete.
Clinical features include paraplegia, quadriplegia, sensory loss appropriate to the
level of the spinal cord involved and sphincter dysfunction. Other neurological and/or
systemic features of systemic lupus erythematosis may be present. Diagnosis may be
aided by spinal imaging, spinal fluid analysis which may demonstrate a raised protein,
lymphocytosis and the presence of oligoclonal bands and serological testing for antibodies
associated with systemic lupus erythematosis.;
ICD-11 synonym : Myelitis due to SLE - [systemic lupus erythematosus]; Myelitis due to SLE; systemic lupus erythematosus;
Inflammation of the spinal cord in association with systemic lupus erythematosis which
may be temporally acute, subacute or chronic and anatomically partial or complete.
Clinical features include paraplegia, quadriplegia, sensory loss appropriate to the
level of the spinal cord involved and sphincter dysfunction. Other neurological and/or
systemic features of systemic lupus erythematosis may be present. Diagnosis may be
aided by spinal imaging, spinal fluid analysis which may demonstrate a raised protein,
lymphocytosis and the presence of oligoclonal bands and serological testing for antibodies
associated with systemic lupus erythematosis.
