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Transverse myelitis causes
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
- Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated. There are no life-threatening causes of disease name, however complications resulting from untreated disease name is common.
- Life-threatening causes of [symptom/manifestation] include [cause1], [cause2], and [cause3].
- [Cause] is a life-threatening cause of [disease].
Common Causes
Common causes of myelitis include may include:
- Various infectionsin in 30% to 60% of the cases:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
- Herpesviridae
- Enteroviruses
- Influenza viruses
- Adenoviruses
- Coxsackieviruses
- Enteric cytopathogenic human orphan (ECHO) virus
- Hepatitis A virus
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)
- Mumps virus
- Measles virus
- Rubella virus
- Poliovirus
- Rubeola virus
- Dengue virus
- Russian spring-summer encephalitis virus
- Varicella virus
- Mycoplasma pneumonia bacteria
- Legionella pneumonia bacteria
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Borrelia (Lyme disease)
- Listeria
- Bartonella (cat scratch disease)
- Vaccination[1][11]
- About 30% of pediatric cases are preceded with immunizations within one month of disease onset
- [Condition
OR
- [Disease name] is caused by an infection with [pathogen name].
- [Pathogen name] is caused by [pathogen name].
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of [disease name] include:
- [Cause1]
- [Cause2]
- [Cause3]
Genetic Causes
- [Disease name] is caused by a mutation in the [gene name] gene.
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order:
- Cause 1
- Cause 2
- Cause 3
- Cause 4
- Cause 5
- Cause 6
- Cause 7
- Cause 8
- Cause 9
- Cause 10
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Awad A, Stüve O (2011). “Idiopathic transverse myelitis and neuromyelitis optica: clinical profiles, pathophysiology and therapeutic choices”. Curr Neuropharmacol. 9 (3): 417–28. doi:10.2174/157015911796557948. PMC 3151596. PMID 22379456.
- ↑ Jeffery DR, Mandler RN, Davis LE (1993). “Transverse myelitis. Retrospective analysis of 33 cases, with differentiation of cases associated with multiple sclerosis and parainfectious events”. Arch Neurol. 50 (5): 532–5. doi:10.1001/archneur.1993.00540050074019. PMID 8489410.
- ↑ Christensen PB, Wermuth L, Hinge HH, Bømers K (1990). “Clinical course and long-term prognosis of acute transverse myelopathy”. Acta Neurol Scand. 81 (5): 431–5. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1990.tb00990.x. PMID 2375246.
- ↑ Krishnan C, Kaplin AI, Deshpande DM, Pardo CA, Kerr DA (2004). “Transverse Myelitis: pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment”. Front Biosci. 9: 1483–99. doi:10.2741/1351. PMID 14977560.
- ↑ PAINE RS, BYERS RK (1953). “Transverse myelopathy in childhood”. AMA Am J Dis Child. 85 (2): 151–63. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1953.02050070160004. PMID 13007166.
- ↑ Ropper AH, Poskanzer DC (1978). “The prognosis of acute and subacute transverse myelopathy based on early signs and symptoms”. Ann Neurol. 4 (1): 51–9. doi:10.1002/ana.410040110. PMID 697326.
- ↑ Knebusch M, Strassburg HM, Reiners K (1998). “Acute transverse myelitis in childhood: nine cases and review of the literature”. Dev Med Child Neurol. 40 (9): 631–9. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15430.x. PMID 9766742.
- ↑ ALTROCCHI PH (1963). “ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELOPATHY”. Arch Neurol. 9: 111–9. doi:10.1001/archneur.1963.00460080021002. PMID 14048158.
- ↑ Lerer RJ, Kalavsky SM (1973). “Central nervous system disease associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection: report of five cases and review of the literature”. Pediatrics. 52 (5): 658–68. PMID 4598176.
- ↑ Salgado CD, Weisse ME (2000). “Transverse myelitis associated with probable cat-scratch disease in a previously healthy pediatric patient”. Clin Infect Dis. 31 (2): 609–11. doi:10.1086/313986. PMID 10987731.
- ↑ Agmon-Levin N, Kivity S, Szyper-Kravitz M, Shoenfeld Y (2009). “Transverse myelitis and vaccines: a multi-analysis”. Lupus. 18 (13): 1198–204. doi:10.1177/0961203309345730. PMID 19880568.
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