Transverse myelitis is a rare disorder that inflames the spinal cord. Transverse means it affects both sides of the same section of spinal cord. The swelling damages myelin, the sheath that covers and ...

Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis refers to inflammation of the spinal cord causing T2 hyperintensity on spinal MRI that extends over three or more vertebral segments. Although commonly ...

These observations suggest that in rapid onset “transverse myelitis” the combination of extensive hyperintensity on spinal cord neuroimaging with electrophysiological evidence of anterior horn cell ...

An 80-year-old, previously healthy patient presents with acute transverse myelitis with sensory level at T8. The MRI scan of the spinal cord showed longitudinal extensive transverse myelitis, and she ...