Complete transverse spinal cord lesion

What it is

A transverse spinal lesion takes the whole cord at one level, so both sides go together.

Causes and risk

Two causes are given: trauma, and transverse myelitis. Transverse myelitis is defined as an acute or subacute inflammatory myelopathy that results in motor, sensory, and autonomic symptoms below the level of the affected segment; it is most often idiopathic, and the other groups behind it are para infectious causes such as enteroviruses, EBV, CMV, Listeria monocytogenes and B. burgdorferi, CNS demyelinating disorders, systemic inflammatory autoimmune disorders, and paraneoplastic syndromes.