Acute transverse myelitis

Acute transverse myelitis – inflammation of the spinal cord inflammation, involving various parts of it, characterized by rapid weakening of movements, sensory disturbances, and dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system. Symptoms manifest depending on where the inflammation occurred in the spinal cord. Below this location there is weakness of movements, sensory disturbances, fecal and urinary incontinence. The disease is diagnosed by performing nuclear magnetic resonance, lumbar puncture. Acute transverse myelitis is treated with glucocorticoids or plasmapheresis.

Source | Author Doctor Nikas Samuolis, reviewed by Prof. Virginijus Šapoka | Vilnius University | Faculty of Medicine | Head of the Department of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Oncology