Myelitis due to Behcet’s disease (Q88853)

Inflammation of the spinal cord in association with Behcet’s disease which may be temporally acute, subacute or chronic and anatomically partial or complete. Clinical features include paraplegia, quadriplegia, sensory loss appropriate to the level of the spinal cord involved and sphincter dysfunction. Other neurological or systemic features of Behcet’s disease may be present. Diagnosis may be aided by spinal imaging, spinal fluid analysis which may demonstrate a raised protein, lymphocytosis and the presence of oligoclonal bands, pathergy testing and HLA testing.