Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy after spinal cord injury. Report of three cases.

Belanger, E; Picard, C; Lacerte, D; Lavallee, P; Levi, A D · J Neurosurg · 2000

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Abstract

Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy is a rare disorder, unrelated to syrinx formation or mechanical instability, that may gradually emerge within the first 1 to 2 weeks after a spinal cord injury. The authors describe three patients with this syndrome and discuss its possible causes as well as its clinical presentation, imaging characteristics, treatment, and patient prognosis.

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