A condition, similar to multiple sclerosis, in which a person has acute myelitis and the optic nerve is also affected.
A condition that is closely related to multiple. sclerosis. Typically there is a transverse: myelitis, producing paralysis and numbness of the legs and trunk below the inflamed spinal cord, and retrobulbar (optic) neuritis affecting both optic nerves. The attacks of myelitis and optic neuritis may coincide or they may be separated by days or weeks. Recovery from the initial attack is often incomplete, but relapses appear to be less common than in conventional multiple sclerosis.
A rare syndrome in which there is a severe transverse myelitis and optic nerve damage, probably as a result of immunological injury to the optic nerve and spinal cord. It shares some features with multiple sclerosis (i.e., predilection for young women, demyelination of nerve cells) but is believed to be a distinct disease.