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Myelopathy

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HIV related Myelopathy

Aka: HIV related Myelopathy, HIV related Myelitis, Myelopathy in HIV, Myelitis in HIV
  1. See Also
    1. Neurologic Manifestations of HIV
  2. Causes: Transverse myelitis
    1. Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV) infection
    2. Spinal epidural or intradural Lymphoma
    3. Toxoplasma gondii infection
  3. Causes: Polyradiculopathy
    1. Cytomegalovirus
      1. May involve the spinal cord segment
      2. May present with a painful extremity
  4. Causes: Slowly progressive vacuolar myelopathy
    1. Progressive painless gait disturbance with ataxia
    2. Helpful to image spine with MRI

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