Preferred Label : myelitis, transverse;

MeSH definition : Inflammation of a transverse portion of the spinal cord characterized by acute or subacute segmental demyelination or necrosis. The condition may occur sporadically, follow an infection or vaccination, or present as a paraneoplastic syndrome (see also ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED). Clinical manifestations include motor weakness, sensory loss, and incontinence. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1242-6);

MeSH synonym : transverse myelitis; transverse myelopathy syndrome; transverse myelopathy syndromes;

MeSH hyponym : myelitis, postinfectious; myelitis, necrotizing; myelitis, paraneoplastic; demyelinative myelitis; myelitis, acute transverse; myelitis, subacute transverse; myelitis, postvaccinal; Acute Transverse Myelitis; Transverse Myelitis, Acute; Myelitides, Subacute Transverse; Subacute Transverse Myelitis; Transverse Myelitis, Subacute; Paraneoplastic Myelitis; Postinfectious Myelitis; Postvaccinal Myelitis; Myelitis, Demyelinative; Necrotizing Myelitis;

MeSH annotation : post-vaccinal or postinfectious inflammation of the spinal cord only goes here, in central nervous system or brain see X refs at ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse myelitis;

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Inflammation of a transverse portion of the spinal cord characterized by acute or subacute segmental demyelination or necrosis. The condition may occur sporadically, follow an infection or vaccination, or present as a paraneoplastic syndrome (see also ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED). Clinical manifestations include motor weakness, sensory loss, and incontinence. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1242-6)

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