Encephalomyelitis

Encephalomyelitis is inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Various types of encephalomyelitis include:

• Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis or postinfectious encephalomyelitis, a demyelinating disease of the brain and spinal cord, possibly triggered by viral infection.<ref>Template:RareDiseases</ref><ref>Template:NINDS</ref>
• Encephalomyelitis disseminata, a synonym for multiple sclerosis.
• AntiMOG associated encephalomyelitis, one of the underlying conditions for the phenotype neuromyelitis optica<ref>Pröbstel AK et al. Anti-MOG antibodies are present in a subgroup of patients with a neuromyelitis optica phenotype. J Neuroinflammation. 2015 Mar 8;12(1):46.</ref><ref>Melania Spadaro et al. Histopathology and clinical course of MOG-antibody-associated encephalomyelitis. Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology Volume 2, Issue 3, pages 295–301, March 2015 {{#invoke:doi|main}}</ref> and in general all the spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases.<ref>Reindl M, Di Pauli F, Rostásy K, Berger T. The spectrum of MOG autoantibody-associated demyelinating diseases. Nat Rev Neurol. 2013 Aug;9(8):455-61. {{#invoke:doi|main}}. Epub 2013 Jun 25. Template:PMID</ref>
• Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, and Western equine encephalitis: a group of viral illnesses that can affect horses and humans; collectively termed Equine encephalitis.
• Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of brain inflammation.
• Progressive encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus (PERM) – A kind of stiff person syndrome.
• AIDS-related encephalomyelitis, caused by opportunistic Human T-lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV-III) infection.<ref>S. M. de la Monte, MD, MPH, D. D. Ho, MD, R. T. Schooley, MD, M. S. Hirsch, MD and E. P. Richardson Jr., MD Subacute encephalomyelitis of AIDS and its relation to HTLV‐III infection Neurology April 1987 vol. 37 no. 4 562 {{#invoke:doi|main}}</ref>

See also

• Chronic fatigue syndrome, sometimes called myalgic encephalomyelitis.