Saturday, December 20, 2008

Myelopathy

1. What is myelopathy?
2. What are causes of myelopathy?
3. What is the clinical presentation of myelopathy?

Answers:
1. Injury to the spinal cord.
2. Radiculopathy, disc herniation, spondylosis. Less common: tumors, AV malformations, MS, syphilis, syringomyelia, ALS, RA.
3. Spastic or ataxic gait abnormalities, weakness, sensory changes, B/B dysfunction, bilateral radiculopathy, UMN signs.

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