Posterolateral sulcus (PLS) approach of the spinal cord, being equivalent to the dorsal root entry zone myelotomy, may offer the satisfactory exposure of the spinal intramedullary tumor if applied appropriately. Eight consecutive patients with spinal intramedullary tumors of lateral location underwent the surgery of PLS approach in our institute. There were 6 male and 2 female patients, ranging...

A 60-year-old patient with testicular seminoma was referred for F-18 FDG PET/CT Study to evaluate recurrence. In addition to hypermetabolic cervical, mediastinal and hilar lymph node tumoral metastases, segmental intense FDG uptake along the lumbar spinal cord suggestive of tumoral metastasis was noted which quite an unusual presentation is.  At the time of PET study the patient was symptomless...

Ischemic preconditioning has been reported to protect against spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. To investigate this, Japanese white rabbits underwent I-R (30 min aortic occlusion followed by reperfusion), ischemic preconditioning (three cycles of 5 min aortic occlusion plus 5 min reperfusion) followed by I-R, or sham surgery. ...

spinal cord injury (sci) actuate to complex cellular and molecular interactions within the central nervous system in a heave to repair the initial tissue damage. the pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury (sci) involves primary and secondary mechanisms. neuroinflammation is an important secondary injury process in sci. the local inflammatory microenvironment within the injured spinal cord ...

introduction: spinal cord injuries are accompanied with significant demyelination of axons and subsequent locomotor dysfunction. to identify the extent of damage following electrolytic lesion of ventrolateral white matter, essential area for initiation of locomotor activity, we assessed demyelination as well as alteration in motor performance. moreover, the protective effect of estradiol as a c...

typical nmo is characterized by simultaneous or sequential acute transverse myelitis and optic neuritis. spinal cord lesions extending over 3 or more vertebral segments and normal brain imaging are the typical mri findings in nmo. in typical cases with positive nmo antibody the diagnosis is easy but in seronegative and atypical cases with different clinical manifestations and mri features the d...

a high number of people in the world suffered from spinal cord injury (sci). spinal cord injuries are happen due to falls from height, accidents, climbing, sports and etc. emergency care according to the standards not performed immediately after sci. a significant enhancement in the number of mortality and complications was observed every year. the aim of this study is to prevent the mortality,...

background: the aim of this research was to study the distribution and changes of glycoconjugates particularly their terminal sugars by using lectin histochemistry during mouse spinal cord development. methods: formalin-fixed sections of mouse embryo (10-16 fetal days) were processed for lectin histochemical method. in this study, two groups of horseradish peroxidase-labeled specific lectins we...

OBJECTIVE To reduce the risk of postoperative spinal instability or deformity, unilateral laminectomy (UL) has been recommended to remove spinal space-occupying lesions. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were any advantages of UL for removal of spinal cord tumors. METHODS From May 1995 to May 2010, 94 patients with spinal cord tumors, who underwent tumor removal via UL ...

The MR imaging features of a paraganglioma of the cauda equina with associated spinal cord cysts are presented. MR imaging showed the tumor to be isointense with the spinal cord on all pulse sequences and to enhance homogeneously. The intramedullary cysts had increased signal intensity on proton density- and T2-weighted images, and involved the cervical and thoracic regions.