Article topic: Transverse Myelitis. Author: Rua’a Nader Abd Al-Qader. Editors: Nicola Al-Madani, Ethar Hazaimeh Keywords: Transverse Myelitis, Immune-mediated myelopathy, inflammatory, demyelinating, neurology, spinal cord. Overview and epidemiology Myelopathy is a broad, generic condition that does not have a particular etiology, whereas myelitis is an inflammatory disease, and both of them affect the spinal cord [1]. Transverse Myelitis (TM) is characterized by acute or subacute spinal cord dysfunction, leading to paresis, decreased sensations, or autonomic impairment (bladder, bowel, or sexual) below the level of the lesion [2][3]. It is considered as inflammation across the entire transverse section of the spinal cord, […]
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