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Myelitis

 
 
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Disease relevance of Myelitis

 

High impact information on Myelitis

  • Average cord MTR was lower in patients with cervical (P < 0.0001) and dorsal (P = 0.0001) myelitis than in controls [6].
  • Myelitis in systemic lupus erythematosus [7].
  • Persistent multiple pulmonary nodules in a nonimmunocompromised woman after varicella-related myelitis treated with acyclovir [8].
  • In contrast, in hyperIgEaemic myelitis, in addition to a significantly lower intracellular IFN-gamma/IL-4 ratio in CD4+ T cells, a tendency toward a lower intracellular IFN-gamma/IL-4 ratio in CD8+ T cells in comparison to the healthy controls was observed [9].
  • Therefore, acute localised myelitis with hyperIgEaemia, in which atopy to mite antigens seems to exist, may be a distinct subtype of allergic myelitis-that is, atopic myelitis [10].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Myelitis

 

Biological context of Myelitis

  • Isolated myelitis of lumbosacral segments of the spinal cord, apparently confined to the grey matter, was diagnosed and its spirochaetal aetiology confirmed by serology and CSF findings [16].
 

Anatomical context of Myelitis

 

Gene context of Myelitis

  • GFAP-specific oligoclonal bands in the CSF of a patient with acute myelitis [22].
  • We describe a fatal case of varicella-zoster virus myelitis that was preceded by neurological symptoms for 10 months in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection and an extremely low CD4 cell count (20/microL) [23].
  • Therefore, it was not possible to investigate the influence of potentially contributing factors on the occurrence of radiation myelitis, such as interfraction interval, cord length, and administration of concurrent CDDP [24].
  • CONCLUSIONS: Given the increasing number of studies with both altered fractionated regimens and concurrent radio-chemotherapy in SCC H&N, new studies with more patients are needed to gain better insight into the risks of developing cervical radiation myelitis [24].
  • In the absence of detectable amount of HTLV-I antigens at the sites of inflammation, "chronic progressive parainfectious myelitis" seems to be the most appropriate descriptive term for this unique histopathology of HAM/TSP [25].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Myelitis

  • We conclude that (1) VZV should be considered a curable cause of myelitis in patients with AIDS, (2) PCR assay of CSF will assist in early diagnosis, and (3) early treatment with acyclovir should aid in recovery [26].
  • The intrathecal gadolinium-enhanced MR myelography revealed disk herniation (n = 4), posttraumatic spinal stenosis (n = 3), postsurgical noncommunicating cyst (n = 1), myelitis (n = 1), intradural extramedullary mass formation (n = 1), and intradural vascular malformation (n = 1) [27].

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