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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Myelitis
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Mielitis
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Mielite
Synonyms
English
:
Myelopathy, Inflammatory
Spinal Cord Inflammation
Tree Number:
C02.182.600
C10.228.228.210.575
C10.228.228.618
C10.228.854.525
Definition
English
:
Inflammation of the
spinal cord
. Relatively common etiologies include infections;
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
;
SPINAL CORD
; and
ischemia
(see also
SPINAL CORD
VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized
pain
, incontinence, and other
signs
of autonomic dysfunction.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with inflamm of the
bone marrow
( = OSTEOMYELITIS); SMON (subacute-myelo-optico-neuropathy) is indexed here +
OPTIC NEURITIS
+
SYNDROME
; coord IM with specific cause (IM) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
9379
Unique Identifier:
D009187
Occurrence in VHL
:
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