For patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy, some imaging techniques could act as a marker for a potentially reversible phase of the disease in which substantial clinical improvement can be ...

A NUMBER of conditions, relatively common at autopsy, only rarely become of clinical importance. An example involving the nervous system is cyst of the septum pellucidum, or fifth ventricle, which can ...

A woman was diagnosed with crowned dens syndrome, a rare condition that causes severe neck pain that can lead to spinal cord compression, which was triggered by periodontitis treatment. The case ...

A laminoplasty is a type of surgery used to treat spinal cord compression in your neck. Spinal cord compression can cause symptoms such as pain and stiffness in your neck, numbness in your limbs, and ...

Indicators of a response to radiation therapy include pain relief and a return to baseline function or improved function. Patients may experience some relief of symptoms within a few days after ...

Spinal degeneration is an unavoidable part of aging. For some, it leads to compression of the spinal cord which can cause problems with dexterity, numbness in the hands, the ability to walk, and in ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have developed a new imaging approach to more accurately assess blood flow in the spinal ...

Although surgery is used increasingly as a strategy to complement treatment with radiation and chemotherapy in patients with metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC), the impact of surgery ...

Physical examination findings correspond to the location of the tumor, degree of cord impingement, and duration of involvement. [3] The APN should palpate the entire spine to determine whether there ...