PURPOSE To 1) correlate spinal MR features and modes of clinical presentation associated with symptomatic neurologic deterioration following longstanding spinal trauma; 2) correlate degree of neurologic deficit with spinal MR appearance in these patients; and 3) determine the relationship between new symptoms and ongoing cord compression. METHODS Retrospective examination of MR images, and co...

Introduction. Flexion-extension, or kinematic, MRI has been used to identify dynamic spondylotic spinal cord compression not seen with traditional static MRI. The use of kinematic MRI to diagnose postoperative complications, specifically dynamic compression, is not as well documented. The authors describe a case of dynamic spinal cord compression by the paraspinal muscles causing worsening myel...

A 68 year old man with prostatic carcinoma developed spinal cord compression. The sole presenting feature was painless gait ataxia indistinguishable from cerebellar ataxia. He was investigated for cerebellar disease but the correct diagnosis was made when he subsequently presented with paraplegia and classical signs of spinal cord compression. Surgical decompression failed to produce neurologic...

Of 214 children with malignant tumours admitted in the Children’s Hospital between 1987 to 1991, six (2.8%) had spinal cord compression. The diagnosis and levels of spinal cord compression were substantiated by Omnipaque myelography in all patients. Location of the lesion was confirmed by laminectomy. Biopsy and histopathology were done to confirm the tumour types. Spine roentgenography as well...

abstract background: in patients with cervical spondylosis, cord compression and impingement of cord vessels as well as the vertebral artery may be accompanied by vertigo. we evaluated improvement of vertigo in these patients after surgical and medical treatment. methods: in this prospective study we reviewed 16 patients with vertigo suspected of cervical spondylosis, admitted to our hospital b...

Nine horses with clinical and radiographic findings of cervical vertebral malformation that were necropsied and examined using frozen cervical spinal cord cross sections were reviewed. Only cases with actual distortion of the spinal cord due to compression were selected. The goal of the study was to determine the morphologic features responsible for narrowing of the spinal canal and compression...

INTRODUCTION Spinal cord compression is a potentially devastating condition that demands immediate attention. Efforts must be divided between addressing the symptoms of cord compression and identifying the precise etiology of the condition. CASE PRESENTATION A 76-year-old Peruvian man presented to our emergency department for evaluation of the gradual onset of lower extremity weakness over on...

Metastatic epidural compression of the spinal cord is a significant source of morbidity in patients with systemic cancer. With improved oncological treatment, survival in these patients is improving and metastatic cord compression is encountered increasingly often. The treatment is mostly palliative. Surgical management involves early circumferential decompression of the cord with concomitant s...