background: spinal cord injury (sci) is a major clinical condition and research is commonly done to find suitable treatment options. however, there are some degrees of spontaneous recovery after sci and gender is said to be a contributing factor in recovery, but this is controversial. this study was done to compare the effects of sexual dimorphism on spontaneous recovery after spinal cord injur...

Background. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is characterized by spinal cord inflammation extending vertically through three or more vertebral segments. The widespread use of MRI revealed LETM more frequency than ever. We report the case of a patient with pathologically confirmed small-cell lung carcinoma metastasis into the spinal cord presenting as LETM. Case Presentation. ...

Spinal cord injury occurs predominantly in males, and endometrial cancer in a patient with spinal cord injury is very rare. A 71-year-old woman, gravida 7, para 4, who had incomplete quadriplegia due to a spinal cord injury, was admitted with a complaint of genital bleeding. Biopsies of the cervix and the endometrium revealed endometrioid adenocarcinoma. Total abdominal hysterectomy was perform...

aspirin is an anti-inflammatory drug, peroxyl radical scavenger, and antioxidant agent that inhibits phospholipases, nitric oxide synthetases, and cyclooxygenase enzymes. the existing literature contains no studies on the effects of various doses of aspirin on spinal cord injury (sci). therefore, we sought to investigate the putative effects of aspirin on experimental sci. the weight-drop injur...

conclusions available data implies that restorative therapies should focus on multiple targets and different intervals after injury. yet, if we understand the key and basic origin of the injury, we may develop effective, complete, safe, and continual procedures. materials and methods we downloaded and reviewed more than 170 full textbooks and articles in english from the literature pubmed, and ...

VHL patients develop tumors in brain, spinal cord, nerve roots, kidney, adrenal gland and extra-adrenal ganglia, pancreas, epididymis and broad ligament. VHL disease produces highly characteristic neuropathologic changes which are presented in this review. Highly vascularized tumors, hemangioblastomas, involve cerebellum and spinal cord of the majority of patients. A smaller number of patients ...

conclusions this study demonstrated that most victims of csfx in our region are 16 to 40 years of age. a male predominance was observed, and motor vehicle collisions were the most frequent trauma mechanism leading to cervical spine injury (mostly due to car rollover accidents), with falls as the second most frequent. the rate of sci in our study was 3.62% of all cases and the mortality rate was...

Lung cancer with intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM) is a rare event exhibiting dismal prognosis. In the present paper, we describe a 74-year-old male who developed bilateral leg weakness with associated backache and non-productive cough. Chest imaging evaluation demonstrated pronounced bilateral mediastinal lymphadenopathy and a nodular opacity in the right lower lobe. The patient was...

The goal of cancer treatment is generally pain reduction and function recovery. However, drug therapy does not treat pain adequately in approximately 43% of patients, and the latter may have to undergo a nerve block or neurolysis. In the case reported here, a 42-year-old female patient with lung cancer (adenocarcinoma) developed paraplegia after receiving T8-10 and 11(th) intercostal nerve neur...