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Cord Infarction (cord + infarction)

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Kinds of Cord Infarction

  • spinal cord infarction
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    Selected Abstracts

    Sacral Nerve and Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Neuropathic Pain Caused by Spinal Cord Infarction

    NEUROMODULATION, Issue 4 2007
    Sung Ho Kim MD
    ABSTRACT Central cord pain is very difficult to relieve, even with the many kinds of medical and surgical treatments available. Following spinal cord infarctions, central cord pain can develop. The problems that may arise could include limb pain, pelvic pain, difficulties voiding, and difficulties defecating. We are reporting a case of central cord pain caused by a spinal cord infarction of the conus medullaris. Limb pain was reduced by spinal cord stimulation. Voiding and defecation difficulties and pelvic pain were reduced by sacral nerve stimulation. Thus, in a case involving both intractable limb and pelvic pain, a combination therapy of these two stimulations might be an effective treatment modality. [source]

    Differential diagnosis of T2 hyperintense spinal cord lesions: Part B

    JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY, Issue 2 2009
    P Bou-Haidar
    Summary Hyperintense spinal cord signal on T2-weighted images is seen in a wide-ranging variety of spinal cord processes. Causes including simple MR artefacts, trauma, primary and secondary tumours, radiation myelitis and diastematomyelia were discussed in Part A. The topics discussed in Part B of this two part series include multiple sclerosis, subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, cord infarction, arteriovenous shunts, transverse myelitis, neurosarcoidosis, AIDS-associated vacuolar myelopathy, and syringohydromyelia. Characterization of the abnormal areas of T2 signal as well as their appearance on other MR imaging sequences, when combined with clinical context and laboratory investigations, will often allow a unique diagnosis, or at least aid in narrowing the differential diagnosis. A wide range of instructive cases is discussed here, with review of the published reports focusing on pertinent MR features to aid in diagnosis. [source]

    Decompression Sickness: MRI of the Spinal Cord

    JOURNAL OF NEUROIMAGING, Issue 4 2007
    Pin Lin Kei MBChB
    ABSTRACT Decompression sickness (DCS) typically causes changes in the white matter of the spinal cord on MR imaging. We present a case of DCS in a scuba diver with dorsal white matter lesions typical of venous infarction. In addition, some central gray matter involvement was noted. Characteristic features of venous spinal cord infarction can be recognized on MR imaging in DCS but may be more extensive in severe cases. [source]

    Sacral Nerve and Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Neuropathic Pain Caused by Spinal Cord Infarction

    NEUROMODULATION, Issue 4 2007
    Sung Ho Kim MD
    ABSTRACT Central cord pain is very difficult to relieve, even with the many kinds of medical and surgical treatments available. Following spinal cord infarctions, central cord pain can develop. The problems that may arise could include limb pain, pelvic pain, difficulties voiding, and difficulties defecating. We are reporting a case of central cord pain caused by a spinal cord infarction of the conus medullaris. Limb pain was reduced by spinal cord stimulation. Voiding and defecation difficulties and pelvic pain were reduced by sacral nerve stimulation. Thus, in a case involving both intractable limb and pelvic pain, a combination therapy of these two stimulations might be an effective treatment modality. [source]

    Spinal cord infarction in a patient with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer, receiving chemotherapy combined with bevacizumab

    ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, Issue 3 2009
    Katherine MASSELOS
    Abstract Bevacizumab is an anti-angiogenesis agent that has many applications in the current management of patients with cancer, including advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Its value is however, not without side effects. We present the first reported case of spinal cord infarction in the setting of bevacizumab use in a 70-year old woman with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. [source]

    Sacral Nerve and Spinal Cord Stimulation for Intractable Neuropathic Pain Caused by Spinal Cord Infarction

    NEUROMODULATION, Issue 4 2007
    Sung Ho Kim MD
    ABSTRACT Central cord pain is very difficult to relieve, even with the many kinds of medical and surgical treatments available. Following spinal cord infarctions, central cord pain can develop. The problems that may arise could include limb pain, pelvic pain, difficulties voiding, and difficulties defecating. We are reporting a case of central cord pain caused by a spinal cord infarction of the conus medullaris. Limb pain was reduced by spinal cord stimulation. Voiding and defecation difficulties and pelvic pain were reduced by sacral nerve stimulation. Thus, in a case involving both intractable limb and pelvic pain, a combination therapy of these two stimulations might be an effective treatment modality. [source]