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1C8H category

Viral myelitis, not elsewhere classified

Definition

An inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord due to a viral infection. The symptoms and signs may be acute or subacute in onset, and include paraparesis or paraplegia, sensory loss appropriate with the level of the spinal cord affected, loss of sphincter control, and lower motor neurone signs. Diagnosis may be confirmed by neuroimaging, spinal fluid analysis and culture, and PCR assay.

Exclusions

Also indexed as

Myelitis due to Coxsackievirus group A or BMyelitis due to ECHO virusMyelitis due to Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan VirusMyelitis due to EnterovirusMyelitis due to Epstein-Barr virusMyelitis due to Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1Myelitis due to Human herpes virusMyelitis due to retrovirusViral myelitis, not elsewhere classifiedmyelitis due to EBV - [Epstein-Barr virus]

Nearby in Viral infections of the central nervous system