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Spinal arachnoiditis: Disease or coincidence?

Acta Neurochirurgica, 1980
In 86% of 63 patients with spinal arachnoiditis the localization was lumbosacral, and in 14% it was cervical or thoracic. The most important aetiological factor was the combination of one or more myelographies with one or more operations. It is remarkable that in most patients with lumbosacral arachnoiditis the clinical picture did not show new or ...
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Vascular Diseases of the Spinal Cord

Neurologic Clinics, 2013
Vascular disease affecting the spinal can cause substantial neurologic morbidity. Several vascular spinal cord ailments present as neurologic emergencies, and should thus be recognizable to the practicing neurologist. We review the epidemiology, presentation, management strategies, and prognosis of various pathologies, including infarction, dural ...
Mark N, Rubin, Alejandro A, Rabinstein
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Spinal actinomycosis: A rare disease

Neurology India, 2010
Actinomycosis is an indolent, slowly progressive infection caused by Actinomyces species. Of human actinomycosis, the spinal form is rare and actinomycosis-related spinal neurological deficit is uncommon. We report two cases with cervical and dorsal actinomycosis and one of them with spinal neurological deficit.
Dua, Rakesh K., Bhat, Dhananjaya I., Indira, Devi B.   +2 more
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The approach to spinal disease in dogs

British Veterinary Journal, 1985
Abstract Conditions affecting the bony structures of the body always have a soft tissue component which must be considered. In the case of the vertebral column the related soft tissues are of a special nature, i.e. part of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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Imaging in Spinal Vascular Disease

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2007
Spinal vascular diseases are rare and constitute only 1% to 2% of all vascular neurologic pathologies. In this article, the following vascular pathologies of the spine are described: spinal arterial infarcts, spinal cavernomas, and arteriovenous malformations (including perimedullary fistulae and glomerular arterivenous malformations), and spinal dural
Timo, Krings, Pierre L, Lasjaunias, Franz J, Hans, Michael, Mull, Robbert J, Nijenhuis, Hortensia, Alvarez, Walter H, Backes, Marcus H T, Reinges, Georges, Rodesch, Joachim M, Gilsbach, Armin K, Thron   +10 more
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Spinal Empyema in Crohnʼs Disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 1990
A 19-year-old man with a 1-year history of Crohn's disease of the ileum and rectosigmoid developed back and leg pain with neurological deficits. He proved to have an epidural and subdural spinal empyema originating from a rectal fistula. Drainage of the empyema, a diverting sigmoid colostomy, and appropriate antibiotics allowed full recovery of ...
S, Hershkowitz, R, Link, M, Ravden, K, Lipow   +3 more
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SPINAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PAGET'S DISEASE

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 1992
This paper reviews the syndromes which affect the spinal column as a result of Paget's disease. These are back pain, spinal canal stenosis, paraplegia or paraparesis, sarcomatous transformation, intradiscal invasion, and extramedullary haemopoesis.
M D, Ryan, T K, Taylor
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Spinal Decompensation in Neuromuscular Disease

Spine, 2006
In this retrospective radiography study, we analyzed curve shape and direction in scoliosis secondary to neuromuscular disease.To determine if in different types of neuromuscular scoliosis a predominant curve pattern can be found and if similarities with idiopathic scoliosis exist.To the authors' knowledge, systematic analysis of curve patterns in ...
Jan-Willem M, Kouwenhoven, Peter M, Van Ommeren, Hans E J, Pruijs, René M, Castelein   +3 more
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Gadolinium-DTPA in Spinal Disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America, 1988
The use of paramagnetic contrast agents, in particular, gadolinium-DTPA, holds great promise for the MR evaluation of the spine. However, because of the lack of a previous model for intravenous contrast enhancement in the spine and because of some peculiarities of enhancement of spinal lesions, close attention must be paid to the appropriate uses of ...
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Spinal Manifestations of Systemic Disease

Radiologic Clinics of North America, 2019
The spine is frequently involved in systemic diseases, including those with neuropathic, infectious, inflammatory, rheumatologic, metabolic, and neoplastic etiologies. This article provides an overview of systemic disorders that may affect the spine, which can be subdivided into disorders predominantly involving the musculoskeletal system (including ...
Sean C, Dodson, Nicholas A, Koontz
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