myelitis

myelitis /my·eli·tis/ (mi″ĕ-li´tis)

1. inflammation of the spinal cord; often expanded to include noninflammatory spinal cord lesions.

2. inflammation of the bone marrow (osteomyelitis).myelit´ic

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my·e·li·tis (m-lts)

n.

1. Inflammation of the spinal cord.

2. Inflammation of the bone marrow.

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mye·litic (-ltk) adj.

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myelitis

[mī′əlī′tis]

an abnormal condition characterized by inflammation of the spinal cord with associated motor or sensory dysfunction. Some kinds of myelitis are acute transverse myelitis, and poliomyelitis. myelitic, adj.

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myelitis

1. inflammation of the spinal cord; there are no specific myelitides in animals but myelitis is a significant lesion in listeriosis, equine herpesvirus-1 infection in horses, caprine arthritis-encephalitis, equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.

2. inflammation of bone marrow (see also osteomyelitis).

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bulbar myelitis

that involving the medulla oblongata.

spinal cord myelitis

is most commonly caused by a viral infection, though protozoa and helminth parasites are also significant causes. The signs are weakness through to complete flaccid paralysis, including paralysis of the anus and the tail. See also myelomalacia, encephalomyelitis.

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myelitis

Neurology Spinal cord inflammation, often caused by VZV Clinical Paraparesis, sensory defects, sphincter impairment Imaging T₂-weighted MRI reveals hyperintense lesions, ± fusiform swelling of spinal cord Lab CSF slight pleocytosis, ↑ protein Prognosis Excellent in immunocompetent Pts; immunocompromised Pts may need acyclovir