Cervical Causes

Cervical Neoplasia : Causes and Consequences

Causes of complications from cervical spine manipulation.

Cervical manipulation occasionally causes serious vertebrobasilar complications. The usual cause is vertebral artery dissection, however in some cases there has been no obvious arterial injury. The present paper reviews the mechanisms by which complications occur, particularly when the applied force is trivial or there is no injury to the vertebral arteries, and the factors that increase risk o...

Cervical spine causes for referred otalgia.

OBJECTIVE Present experience in diagnosis and treatment for referred otalgia secondary to cervical spine degenerative disease (CSDD). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study of 123 patients with ear pain. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All patients had a normal otologic examination and diagnosed with unspecified otalgia. The causes for referred otalgia were categorized into Group I: otalgia from non-cervi...

Cervical HSV-2 infection causes cervical remodeling and increases risk for ascending infection and preterm birth

Preterm birth (PTB), or birth before 37 weeks gestation, is the leading cause of neonatal mortality worldwide. Cervical viral infections have been established as risk factors for PTB in women, although the mechanism leading to increased risk is unknown. Using a mouse model of pregnancy, we determined that intra-vaginal HSV2 infection caused increased rates of preterm birth following an intra-va...

Negative cytology preceding cervical cancer: causes and prevention.

AIM To assess the validity of negative cervical smear reports in women who subsequently developed cervical cancer; and to determine means of improving the screening process. METHODS One hundred and forty cervical smears, initially reported as negative from 103 women, and taken up to 12 years before diagnosis of cervical cancer, were reviewed. RESULTS Ninety two smears contained dyskaryotic ...