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MeSH Heading: Myelitis
Tree Number(s): C01.207.618; C10.228.228.618; C10.228.854.525; C10.586.750
Unique ID: D009187
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009187
Annotation: do not confuse with inflammation of the bone marrow ( = OSTEOMYELITIS); SMON (subacute-myelo-optico-neuropathy) is indexed here + OPTIC NEURITIS + SYNDROME; coordinate IM with specific cause (IM) if pertinent
Scope Note: Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.
Entry Term(s): Infectious Myelitis; Inflammation, Spinal Cord; Myelopathy, Inflammatory; Spinal Cord Inflammation; Subacute Necrotizing Myelitis
NLM Classification #: WL 402
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0014321
Scope Note: Inflammation of the spinal cord. Relatively common etiologies include infections; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD; and ischemia (see also SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES). Clinical features generally include weakness, sensory loss, localized pain, incontinence, and other signs of autonomic dysfunction.
Terms: Myelitis Preferred Term
Term UI T027410
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Inflammation, Spinal Cord
Term UI T369630
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Myelopathy, Inflammatory
Term UI T369628
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Spinal Cord Inflammation
Term UI T369629
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Myelitis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024