transverse myelitis

Preferred Label : transverse myelitis;

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];

UMLS CUI (RADLEX) : C0026976;

Details

Origin ID

RID3502;

UMLS CUI

C0026976;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Transverse myelitis [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- transverse myelitis [DO Concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- MYELITIS TRANSVERSE [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Myelitis transverse [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Transverse myelitis [LOINC component]
- Transverse myelitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Transverse myelopathy syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- myelitis, transverse [MeSH concept]
- myelitis, transverse [MeSH Descriptor]
- transverse myelitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- transverse myelopathy syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- MYELITIS TRANSVERSE [WHO-ART Included Term]
- Myelitis transverse [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Transverse myelitis [LOINC component]
- Transverse myelitis [PASCAL descriptor]
- Transverse myelopathy syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- myelitis, transverse [MeSH Descriptor]
- myelitis, transverse [MeSH concept]
- transverse myelitis [Disease (Nov.)]
- transverse myelopathy syndrome [SNOMED Notion]

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