Complete spinal cord transection

Anterior horn cell syndrome

Causes

Trauma
Ischemia
Ischemia
Epidural hematoma
Epidural abscess
Intervertebral disc hernia
Transverse myelitis
Multiple sclerosis
Neuromyelitis optica
Other autoimmune disorders
Neoplastic (metastatic or primary)
Paraneoplastic myelopathy
Tumoral calcinosis
Postvaccinal (polio, rabies)
Parainfectious (rubella, measles)

Clinical presentation

Impairment of motor and autonomic functions and all sensory modalities below the level of the lesion, often incomplete