Myelopathy

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Myelopathy
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G 95
ICD-9	336.9
DiseasesDB	22984
MeSH	D013118

Myelopathy refers to pathology of the spinal cord.^[1] When due to trauma, it is known as spinal cord injury. When inflammatory, it is known as myelitis. Disease that is vascular in nature is known as vascular myelopathy.

[edit] See also

Brain	Encephalitis (Viral encephalitis, Herpesviral encephalitis) · Cavernous sinus thrombosis · Brain abscess (Amoebic)

Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis · Demyelinating disease (Transverse myelitis) · Tropical spastic paraparesis · Epidural abscess

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated) Meningoencephalitis

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease: Parkinsonism (PD, Postencephalitic, NMS) · PKAN · Tauopathy (PSP) · Striatonigral degeneration · Hemiballismus · HD · OA Dyskinesia: Dystonia (Status dystonicus, Spasmodic torticollis, Meige's, Blepharospasm) · Chorea (Choreoathetosis) · Myoclonus (Myoclonic epilepsy) · Akathesia Tremor (Essential tremor, Intention tremor) · Restless legs · Stiff person

Dementia	Tauopathy: Alzheimer's (Early-onset) · Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (Pick's, Dementia with Lewy bodies) Multi-infarct dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh's

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal · Generalised · Status epilepticus · Myoclonic epilepsy

Headache	Migraine (Familial hemiplegic) · Cluster · Tension

Cerebrovascular	TIA (Amaurosis fugax, Transient global amnesia) Stroke (MCA, ACA, PCA, Foville's, Millard-Gubler, Lateral medullary, Weber's, Lacunar stroke)

Sleep disorders	Insomnia · Hypersomnia · Sleep apnea (Obstructive, Ondine's curse) · Narcolepsy · Cataplexy · Kleine-Levin · Circadian rhythm sleep disorder (Advanced sleep phase disorder, Delayed sleep phase disorder, Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder, Jet lag)

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

SA	Friedreich's ataxia · Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: PLS · PP · HSP LMN only: PMA · PBP (Fazio-Londe, Infantile progressive bulbar palsy) · Spinal muscular atrophies (SMA, SMARD1, SBMA, SMAX2, SMA-PCH) both: ALS