Acute noncompressive myelopathies have been recognized since the nineteenth century. 1
The terms myelitis and myelopathy are often used interchangeably, but have different …

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis refers to florid and widespread inflammation of
the spinal cord causing T2 hyperintensity on spinal magnetic resonance imaging that is …

Acute transverse myelitis is a rare neurologic condition that has an estimated incidence of
up to 3 per 100,000 patient years (0.003%). Although rare, acute transverse myelitis can …

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is an etiologically heterogeneous syndrome with acute or
subacute onset, in which inflammation of the spinal cord results in neurologic deficits …

Although multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disorder of the central
nervous system (CNS), it lacks any definitive diagnostic test. Instead, diagnosis of MS …

Abstract Background In 2002, the Transverse Myelitis Consortium Working Group (TMCWG)
proposed the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic acute transverse myelitis (IATM) to delimit and …

Objective: The aim of this study is to report the clinical profile and outcome of longitudinally
extensive transverse myelitis (LETM). Methods: We prospectively studied adult patients who …

Despite its close association with CNS inflammatory demyelinating disorders (CIDDs),
pathogenic characteristics of idiopathic transverse myelitis (ITM) remain largely unknown …

Introduction Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) has classically been
grouped with the full or limited neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD). However …

Transverse myelitis (TM) is an inflammatory condition across the spinal cord, along one or
more levels and in the absence of compression. Idiopathic acute TM is rare and with …