Acute cervical myelitis

Acute myelitis represents a major subset of acute non-compressive myelopathies. Acute non-compressive myelopathies include vascular, infectious, autoimmune, inflammatory, neoplastic and metastatic disorders. Acute myelitis can occur as an isolated inflammatory disorder, or as part of a multifocal CNS demyelinating disease such as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, or systemic rheumatological disorders. After such recognizable associations are excluded, a group of patients remains in whom no causes can be identified. In this study, we reported on patients with idiopathic acute cervical myelitis.