A 19-year-old gentleman presented with slowly progressive spastic paraparesis, 2 years after the therapeutic lienorenal shunt for portal hypertension secondary to cirrhosis and portal vein occlusion. After 2 years of initial evaluation, the motor functions had not worsened further. He did not have any obvious clinical or EEG features of hepatic encephalopathy. Other causes for myelopathy were r...

We analyzed IR thermographies of 137 spinal cord tumor patients. Thermography (+) with level correlation was 67.8%, symptom correlation was found 28.8% with local pain, 81.1% with radiculopathy. Myelopathy (+) thermography was 71.9% in cervical level, 61.5 % in thoracic, 75.6% with para(quadri)paresis and over 100% with Brown-Sequard syndrome. For the extradural or IDEM tumors, thermography rep...

A 23-year-old man complained of weakness of the right arm that he first noted six years prior to his visit. Neurological examination revealed atrophy and weakness of the triceps and serratus anterior muscle on the right side, which resulted in scapular winging on that side. MRI with neck flexion revealed compression of the cervical cord enabling a diagnosis of flexion myelopathy. Proximal muscl...

Myelopathy is an umbrella term used to refer disorders that affect the spinal cord. There are several mechanisms can cause it, however, secondary cord compression, amyloidosis, one of rarest forms. The aim present study report physiotherapy approach in compressive myelopathy amyloidosis. This a descriptive with mixed approach, case type, carried out during supervised internship neurofunctional ...