<unk>  is a neurological disorder caused by inflammation across both sides of one level, or segment, of the spinal cord. The term<unk>  refers to inflammation of the spinal cord;<unk>  simply describes the position of the inflammation, that is, across the width of the spinal cord. Attacks of inflammation can damage or destroy myelin, the fatty insulating substance that covers nerve cell fibers. This damage causes nervous system scars that interrupt communications between the nerves in the spinal cord and the rest of the body.
The segment of the spinal cord at which the damage occurs determines which parts of the body are affected.
Transverse myelitis
Acute flaccid myelitis
Adrenomyeloneuropathy
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Syringomyelia
Diastematomyelia
Epidural abscess
Spinal cord tumor