Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
Definition
Foix-Alajouanine syndrome, also called subacute ascending necrotising myelitis, results from chronic congestion of the extrinsic pial veins of the spinal cord and of the intrinsic subpial network. It is characterized by progressive ascending deficit over a period of several months or years.
Also known as angiodysgenetic necrotizing myelopathy, familial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meninges, Subacute angiohypertrophic myelomalacia, Subacute ascending necrotizing myelitis, Subacute necrotizing myelitis — per MONDO