Venous hypertensive myelopathy as a potential mimic of transverse myelitis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Krishnan, C ^a   Malik, J M ^b   Kerr, D A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Peninsula Neurosurgical Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute transverse myelitis; Disc herniation; Myelopathy; Venous hypertensive myelopathy

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LABORATORY TEST; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD VASCULAR DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942486432     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101517     Document Type: Article

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