Non-compressive myelopathy: neurological causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Non-compressive myelopathy: neurological causes. Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Inflammatory and vasculitic causes
- Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)
- Neuromyelitis optica (NMO)
- Eale’s disease
- Subacute necrotising myelitis
- Neurosarcoidosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Sjögren’s syndrome
Degenerative causes
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Toxic causes
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Miyazaki syndrome
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Other causes
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References
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- Prabhakar S, Syal P, Singh P, Lal V, Khandelwal N, Das CP. Non-compressive myelopathy: clinical and radiological study. Neurol India 1999; 47:294-299.
- Sawhney IM, Chopra JS, Bansal SK, Gupta AK. Eales' disease with myelopathy. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1986; 88:213-215.
- Várallyay P, Nagy Z, Szűcs A, et al. Miyazaki syndrome: Cervical myelo/radiculopathy caused by overshunting. A systematic review. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2019; 186:105531.
- van Lanen RHGJ, van Aalst J, Ter Laak-Poort MP. Miyazaki syndrome as a complication of shunt drainage. Ann Neurol 2024; 96:1230-1231.
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