Other vascular risk factors (such as diabetes, hypertension, heart/aortic disease and previous cerebral stroke) and bladder dysfunction did not reach statistical significance. 31 Two studies compared clinical, imaging and electrophysiological findings between patients with SCInf and those with acute transverse myelitis. 29 37 Compared with patients with transverse myelitis, patients with SCInf had significantly higher neurofilament light protein serum levels, 29 more prolonged tibial somatosensory evoked potential latency and shorter lesion length on MRI. 41 These studies suggested the use of new tools to aid in the diagnosis of SCInf.
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