Liposarcomas of the spermatic cord are rare and often clinically histologically misdiagnosed, leading to ineffective management poor outcomes. We present a case metastatic dedifferentiated liposarcoma cord, which recurred after excision misdiagnosed well-differentiated 3 years prior. Due its size high-grade metastasis, tumor was unresectable, treatment with systemic chemotherapy. Complications ...

OBJECTIVES To update a previously established list of predictors for neurological cervical cord dysfunction in nonmyelopathic degenerative cervical cord compression (NMDCCC). MATERIAL AND METHODS A prospective observational follow-up study was performed in a cohort of 112 consecutive NMDCCC subjects (55 women and 57 men; median age 59 years, range 40-79 years), either asymptomatic (40 subject...

The aim of this study was to compare the reduction of spinal cord compression after surgical treatment of dogs with acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc (IVD) extrusion achieved using hemilaminectomy versus mini-hemilaminectomy techniques. This was a prospective randomized study with client-owned dogs presented with acute IVD extrusion that were allocated to surgical treatment using hemilami...

Electroencephalographic changes were studied in anaesthetised rats, subjecting them to the mechanical compression of spinal cord. The EEG waves that were studied-Alpha, Theta, and Delta. The changes in these waves and shift from one pattern to another after the compression of the spinal cord at the Lumbar level. These waves were subjected Fourier analysis. The results show remarkable changes in...

OBJECTIVES Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting with spinal cord compression is rare. Reports estimate that only 5% of patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma have spinal cord compression. The objectives of this study were:- (1) To review the histology of all cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma causing spinal cord compression. (2) To correlate the findings with the clinical details- lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomega...

Spinal cord injury is an extremely severe condition with no available effective therapies. We examined the effect of melatonin on traumatic compression of the spinal cord. Sixty male adult Wistar rats were divided into three groups: sham-operated animals and animals with 35 and 50% spinal cord compression with a polycarbonate rod spacer. Each group was divided into two subgroups, each receiving...

Chronic spinal cord compression is the most common cause of spinal cord impairment worldwide. Objective of this study is to assess the ultrastructural features of the neurovascular unit (NVU) in a rat model of chronic compressive spinal cord injury, 24 SD rats were divided into two groups: the control group (n = 12), and the compression group (n = 12). A C6 semi-laminectomy was performed in the...