Abstract Cervical degenerative myelopathy (CDM) is a cervical spine condition resulting in clinical manifestations of spinal cord compression related to the chronic, non-traumatic, and progressive narrowing of the cervical spinal canal. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the gold standard t...
El quiste hidatídico en Uruguay continúa siendo un problema de salud pública. A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados en prevención primaria y secundaria, es una patología con alta incidencia. La hidatidosis de partes blandas es infrecuente. Su incidencia se estima en 0,5% a 5,3%. El objetivo de esta pu...
Introducción: Los tumores intradurales extramedulares son causa de morbilidad y mortalidad. Para identificarlos y analizarlos, la resonancia magnética resulta el método diagnóstico imagenológico de elección. Objetivo: Caracterizar a pacientes con tumores y seudotumores raquídeos intradurales extra...
Abstract Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis is rare cause of neurological symptoms with myelopathy due to spinal cord compression. We report a case of pachymeningitis, which was manifested primarily by tetraparesis after low-energy trauma and recurrence the myelopathy symptoms after 5 years of surge...
Las urgencias oncológicas son complicaciones comunes de la evolución natural del tumor o de su manejo. Algunas pueden presentarse de manera sutil y ser pasadas por alto, lo que aumenta la morbimortalidad. El objetivo de esta revisión narrativa es recopilar información actualizada de las principales c...
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of spinal cord dysfunction in adults. Its prevalence is increasing as a result of population aging. The diagnosis of DCM is often delayed or overlooked, resulting in secondary neurologic morbidity. The natural course of DCM typically present...
Introdução: A síndrome de compressão medular metastática (SCMM) tem grande potencial de perda irreversível da função motora e sensitiva, sendo considerada uma emergência oncológica. Objetivo: Avaliar o prognóstico da SCMM e a funcionalidade dos pacientes com tumores sólidos. Método: Estudo d...
Introduction and Importance Neurological deterioration due to buckling of the
ligamentum flavum (LF) is an uncommon complication after anterior cervical corpectomy
or discectomy with fusion.
Case Presentation In this report, we present the case of a 66-year-old male who
underwent anterior cervical partia...
