Transverse myelitis

**Definition:** Focal inflammatory and demyelinating disorder of the spinal cord, resulting in motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunction. Symptoms include Lhermitte's, numbness of the limbs, progressive spastic paraplegia, urinary urgency, incontinence and sexual dysfunction.

**Long definition:** There are various aetiologies such as, vascular, infectious, neoplastic, paraneoplastic, compressive, traumatic, immunological, demyelinating or degenerative , however despite extensive diagnostic work-up, many cases are considered idiopathic.