Abstract Coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) was declared a global pandemic on 11
March 2020. Scientists and clinicians must acknowledge that severe acute respiratory …

Myelopathies have multiple causes and broad differential diagnoses, including
demyelinating, metabolic, vascular and neoplastic disorders, often with distinctive imaging …

To date, spinal cord involvement in association with COVID-19 has been poorly
characterized. However, its incidence could have been underestimated, due to the …

First used to describe spinal cord disorder nearly 150 years ago, the term myelopathy
remains a clinical diagnosis with elusive causes. 1 In the late 1800s, pathologists used the …

Transverse myelitis is a noncompressive myelopathy of inflammatory origin. The causes are
broad, ranging from infective or toxic to immuno-mediated etiology. They can be …

Despite a likely underestimation due to the many obstacles of the highly infectious, intensive
care setting, increasing clinical reports about COVID-19 patients developing acute paralysis …

Spinal cord evaluation is an integral part of spine assessment, and its reliable imaging work-
up is mandatory because even localized lesions may produce serious effects with potentially …

Infectious pathogens can directly affect the spinal cord or trigger autoimmune reactions,
which may result in permanent damage to cord structures. The most common aetiology …

Erreger können entweder direkt oder indirekt über das Auslösen einer Autoimmunreaktion
das Rückenmark schädigen. Der Begriff Myelopathie beschreibt eine Schädigung des …

Primary infectious myelitis has several causes that are treatable therefore an etiology should
be aggressively investigated. The most common causes are viruses such as the herpes …