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A member asked:
Can an intradural tumor at l4 cause episodes of transverse myelitis?
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Yes: It may cause enough spinal cord compression to give symptoms similar to a transverse myelitis.
Answered 9/5/2020
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Transverse myelitis: Transverse myelitis is inflammation at one level of the spinal cord - may be caused by a virus or immune problem, or be idiopathic (no cause understood) - but the symptoms of a dural tumor might mimic those of transverse myelitis at the level of the tumor (the spinal cord ends at l1-2, so tumors below that would not cause symptoms of transverse myelitis).
Answered 12/10/2013
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Is L-4 correct?: The spinal cord ends about l-2, and there is no such entity as an intradural lesion at l-4. However, most transverse myelitis cases involve thoracic levels. Did you really mean t-4?
Answered 9/30/2013
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