32. Classification of Inflammatory Diseases
of the Spinal Cord
I. Viral myelitis (Chap. 33)
A. Enteroviruses (groups A
and B Coxsackie virus,
poliomyelitis,others)
B. Herpes zoster
C. Myelitis of AIDS
D. Epstein-Barr virus
(EBV), cytomegalovirus
(CMV), herpes simplex
E. Rabies
F. Arboviruses–flaviviruses
(Japanese, West Nile, etc.)
G. HTLV-1 (tropical spastic
paraparesis)
II. Myelitis secondary to
bacterial, fungal, parasitic,
and primary granulomatous
diseases of the meninges
and spinal cord
A. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
B. Lyme disease
C. Pyogenic myelitis
1. Acute epidural abscess
and granuloma
2. Abscess of spinal cord
D. Tuberculous myelitis
33. Classification of Inflammatory Diseases
of the Spinal Cord
1. Pott disease with spinal cord
compression
2. Tuberculous meningomyelitis
3. Tuberculoma of spinal cord
E. Parasitic and fungal infections
producing epidural granuloma,
localized meningitis, or
meningomyelitis and abscess,
especially certain forms of
schistosomiasis
F. Syphilitic myelitis
1. Chronic meningoradiculitis
(tabes dorsalis)
2. Chronic meningomyelitis
3. Meningovascular syphilis
4. Gummatous meningitis
including chronic spinal
pachymeningitis
G. Sarcoid myelitis
III. Myelitis (myelopathy) of
noninfectious inflammatory
type
A. Postinfectious and
postvaccinal myelitis
B. Acute and chronic relapsing
or progressive multiple
sclerosis (MS)
C. Subacute necrotizing
myelitis and Devic disease
D. Myelopathy with lupus or
other forms of connective tissue
disease and antiphospholipid
antibody
E. Paraneoplastic myelopathy