ICD-11 code : 8A45.21;
Preferred Label : Subacute necrotising myelitis;
ICD-11 definition : Foix-Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotising myelitis, results
from chronic congestion of the extrinsic pial veins of the spinal cord and of the
intrinsic subpial network. It is characterised by progressive ascending deficit over
a period of several months or years.;
Origin ID : 937824238;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- ICD-10 Mapping
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotising myelitis, results
from chronic congestion of the extrinsic pial veins of the spinal cord and of the
intrinsic subpial network. It is characterised by progressive ascending deficit over
a period of several months or years.
