MYELOPATHY AND MYELITIS

 

Inflammatory

Infectious: spirochetal TB, zoster, rabies, HIV, polio, rickettsial, fungal, parasitic

Noninfectious: idiopathic transverse myelitis, multiple sclerosis.

Toxic/Metabolic

DM, pernicious anemia, chronic liver disease, pellagra, arsenic.

Trauma Compression

Spinal   neoplasm,   cervical   spondylosis,   epidural   abscess,   epidural hematoma.

Vascular

AV malformation, SLE, periarteritis nodosa, dissecting aortic aneurysm.

Physical agents

Electrical injury, irradiation.

Neoplastic

Spinal cord tumors, paraneoplastic myelopathy.