Background: Although there are several reports of paralysis developing after aggravation of the deformities of congenital kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis, the onset of myelopathy in middle-aged patients is rare. Objective: To describe a case of late onset thoracic myelopathy in a patient with anterolateral fused vertebrae. The progression of kyphoscoliosis in this middle-aged patient preceded the on...

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PURPOSE To investigate why some patients with an intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) with spinal venous drainage have myelopathy and others do not. METHODS We reviewed the clinical and radiologic data for 12 patients who had a DAVF with spinal venous drainage diagnosed at our institutions from 1982 to 1995. RESULTS Six patients had progressive spinal cord indications of disease ...

Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy is an ageing, degenerative spinal condition and a common cause of myelopathy in adults, with the average age presentation being 56 years. This case report was on 63-year man who apparently healthy until he presented grade v Nurick Classification System for Myelopathy. Lhermitte Sign present. The clinical presentations were motor deficit upper limbs (ULs), lower (...

purpose: this study investigated functionality statues and surgical outcome of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (csm) contains cervical herniated disc (chd) and cervical spinal stenosis (css) based on the japanese orthopedic association cervical myelopathy evaluation questionnaire (joacmeq). methods: this was a prospective clinical study a sample of cases with csm. patient’s functi...

Cranial MRI showed multiple lesions in white matter that were thought to be consistent with multiple sclerosis in two young adults presenting with symptoms of progressive myelopathy. MRI of the cervicothoracic spine around one and two years after onset showed the myelopathy to be due to mid-thoracic tumours. The tumours (an extradural meningioma and intradural neuroma) were resected with comple...

What are the causes of cervical myelopathy? Myelopathy is caused by any pathologic process that interferes with transmission of signals through the spinal cord. In regard to orthopedic surgery, the most common cause of this disease is due to cervical degenerative disc disease putting pressure on the spinal cord in a condition referred to a cervical spondylotic myelopathy. The remaining referenc...

HTLV-I is considered to be a virus of low morbidity, since the principal diseases associated with this viral infection, HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), are observed in less than 5% of infected individuals. Urinary symptoms are frequent in patients with myelopathy and consist principally of nocturia, frequency, urgenc...