作者: Robert D. Schmidt , Vince Markovchick
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(92)90215-F
关键词: Paralysis 、 Spinal cord 、 Differential diagnosis 、 Spinal canal 、 Abscess 、 Spinal Cord Neoplasm 、 Medicine 、 Spinal cord compression 、 Myelopathy 、 Surgery
摘要: Nontraumatic spinal cord compression can have very dramatic clinical presentations with rapid onset of symptoms and quickly ensuing paralysis. The manifestations may be much more subtle. This text will discuss the four most common causes myelopathy, including canal hemorrhage, abscess, by tumor, skeletal disease. Compressive lesions to from other than these etiologies are rare.