Types of Myelitis
Myelitis lesions usually occur in a narrow region but can be spread and affect many areas.
- Poliomyelitis: disease caused by viral infection in the gray matter with symptoms of muscle paralysis or weakness
- Leukomyelitis: lesions in the white matter
- Transverse Myelitis: caused by axonal demyelination encompassing both sides of the spinal cord
- Meningococcal Myelitis (or meningomyelitis): lesions occurring in the region of meninges and the spinal cord
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