Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
MONDO:0019196Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Foix-Alajouanine syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019196), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
- Also called
- angiodysgenetic necrotizing myelopathyfamilial osteosclerosis with abnormalities of the nervous system and meningesSubacute angiohypertrophic myelomalaciaSubacute ascending necrotizing myelitisSubacute necrotizing myelitis