extramedullary hematopoiesis is characterized by the presence of hematopoietic tissue outside the bone marrow. extrathoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis is a rare and usually asymptomatic condition. we report a case of a 38-year-old female with paraspinal and presacral extramedullary hematopoiesis with polycythemia vera. clinical and laboratory evaluation, along with radiological and histopath...

This case report chronicles the successful management of a 55-year-old patient diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy using spinal manipulative therapy and cervical paraspinal post-isometric relaxation stretches.

BACKGROUND Posterior short-segment pedicle screw fixation is used to treat thoracolumbar burst fractures. However, no randomized controlled studies have compared the efficacy of the two approaches--the Wiltse's paraspinal approach and open book laminectomy in the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures with greenstick lamina fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with burst fractures of...

OBJECTIVE Percutaneous pedicle screw fixation is commonly used for upper lumber burst fractures. The direct decompression remains challenging with this minimally invasive surgery. The objective was to evaluate a novel paraspinal erector approach for effective and direct decompression in patients with canal compromise and neurologic deficit. METHOD Patients (n = 21) with neurological deficienc...

The present study examined the histopathological and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features of pyogenic, brucella and tuberculous spondylitis (PS, BS and TS, respectively). A total of 22 PS, 20 BS and 20 TS patients were included in the study. Histopathological examination was used to assess the lesion structure and composition, and the MRI observation identified the lesion location and sign...

150 a Module Chirop Trois-Rivières, Qu pologie, Universit Canada. b Département d Montréal, Montrea c Département d Montréal, Montrea Sources of su Chiropratique du Q Submit request Département de Montréal, CP 888 Canada H3C 3P8 Paper submitted 0161-4754/$32. Copyright D 20 doi:10.1016/j.jm Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of thermal measurements by infrared camera

STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study with repeated measures design. OBJECTIVE To compare the myosin heavy-chain isoform distribution within and between paraspinal muscles and to test the theory that fiber-type gradients exist as a function of paraspinal muscle depth. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There is still uncertainty regarding the fiber-type distributions within different paraspinal muscle...

Body composition is associated with risk of disease progression and treatment complications in a variety conditions. Therefore, quantification skeletal muscle mass adipose tissues on Computed Tomography (CT) and/or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) may inform surgery evaluation prognosis. This article describes two methods originally described by Mourtzakis et al. Avrutin al.: tissue segmentatio...

Neuroblastoma is the most frequently diagnosed cancer during first year of life. This neoplasm originates from neural crest cells derived sympathetic nervous system, adrenal medulla, or paraspinal ganglia. The clinical presentation can vary an asymptomatic mass to symptoms resulting local invasion and/or spread distant disease spread. natural history neuroblastoma highly variable, ranging relat...