spinal cord disease

Also known as myelopathy, disease of spinal cord, disorder of spinal cord

Myelopathy describes any neurologic deficit related to the spinal cord. When due to trauma, myelopathy is known as (acute) spinal cord injury. When inflammatory, it is known as myelitis. Disease that is vascular in nature is known as vascular myelopathy.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Myelopathy
Medical condition (new).image: Compressive myeolopathy C6C7.png
Medical condition (new).caption: Cervical myelopathy at the C6-C7 level.
Medical condition (new).image_size: 200
Medical condition (new).field: neurology
Medical condition (new).complications: myelitis
Medical condition (new).causes: Narrowing of the spinal cord (spinal stenosis)

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Research

202,076 papers

Disease-specific interventions using cell therapies for spinal cord disease/injury.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2024
Spinal cord.Handbook of clinical neurology · 2017

Article

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Contents

Presentation
Diagnosis
Etiology
Treatment
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The most common form of myelopathy in humans, cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) also called degenerative cervical myelopathy, results from narrowing of the spinal canal (spinal stenosis) ultimately causing compression of the spinal cord. In Asian populations, spinal cord compression often occurs due to a different, inflammatory process affecting the posterior longitudinal ligament.