myelopathy /my·elop·a·thy/ (mi″ĕ-lop´ah-the)
Myelopathy
myelopathy
myelopathy
1. any functional disturbance and/or pathological change in the spinal cord; often used to denote nonspecific lesions, as opposed to myelitis.
2. pathological bone marrow changes.myelopath´ic
carcinomatous myelopathy rapidly progressive degeneration or necrosis of the spinal cord associated with a carcinoma.
chronic progressive myelopathy gradually progressive spastic paraparesis associated with infection by human T-lymphotropic virus 1.
HTLV-1–associated myelopathy chronic progressive m.
paracarcinomatous myelopathy , paraneoplastic myelopathy carcinomatous m.
spondylotic cervical myelopathy that secondary to encroachment of cervical spondylosis upon a congenitally small cervical spinal canal.
transverse myelopathy that extending across the spinal cord.
vacuolar myelopathy loss of myelin and spongy degeneration of the spinal cord with microscopic vacuolization, caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus.
my·e·lop·a·thy (m   -l p -th )n. Disturbance or disease of the spinal cord. |
Myelopathy
A disorder in which the tissue of the spinal cord is diseased or damaged.
Mentioned in: Cervical Spondylosis
myelopathy
[mī′əlop′əthē]
1 any disease of the spinal cord.
2 any disease of the myelopoietic tissues.
myelopathy
1. any functional disturbance or pathological change in the spinal cord; often used to denote nonspecific lesions, as opposed to myelitis. Examples are ischemic encephalopathy, that due to intervertebral disk disease, in the wobbler syndrome in horses.
2. pathological change in bone marrow.
bovine spinal myelopathy
inherited disease of Murray Grey cattle conditioned by a recessive gene; congenital or appears at up to one year old; characterized by paresis progressing to recumbency and necropsy lesions of neuronal degeneration in midbrain, cerebellum and spinal cord.
degenerative myelopathy of German shepherd dogs
a slowly progressive ataxia and paresis of the hindlegs in older German shepherd dogs. Marked muscle atrophy is common and fecal and urinary incontinence often develops. The etiology is unknown, but an immune-mediated mechanism is suspected as a depression of T lymphocyte responsiveness has been demonstrated in affected dogs.
demyelinating myelopathy of Miniature poodles
a diffuse demyelination with sparing of spinal gray matter and dorsal and ventral nerve roots. There is a progressive weakness, then paralysis of hindlegs and later forelegs as well, beginning at a few months of age; believed to be inherited.
fibrocartilaginous embolic myelopathy
extrusion of degenerate intervertebral disk material into meningeal or intramedullary blood vessels, which results in an ischemic myelopathy. It occurs in horses and, most frequently, in large breeds of dogs, and is manifested by acute paresis or paralysis.
hereditary myelopathy of Afghan hounds
an autosomal recessive inherited degenerative myelopathy of young Afghan hounds, in which there is ataxia, paresis and eventually paralysis, first in the hindlimbs, then in the forelimbs as well. Called also a leukodystrophy.
spondylotic cervical myelopathy
myelopathy secondary to encroachment of cervical spondylosis upon a congenitally small cervical spinal canal.
myelopathy
A spinal cord disorder. See Vacuolar myelopathy.
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