When the tumor is within the spinal cord itself all the symptoms of myelitis may be present.
myelitis may be confined to a small spot in the cord or may involve the whole for a variable distance.
myelitis, mī-e-lī′tis, n. inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
In encephalitis and myelitis there is an interruption of motor nerve-currents.
Affections of the Spinal Cord are extremely rare, but paraplegia from myelitis has been observed.
myelitis my·e·li·tis (mī'ə-lī'tĭs)
n.
Inflammation of the spinal cord.
Inflammation of the bone marrow.
