Venous congestive myelopathy of the cervical spinal cord: An autopsy case showing a rapidly progressive clinical course

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 284-289

  Kimura, Akio ^a   Tan, Chun Feng ^b   Wakida, Kenji ^a   Saio, Masanao ^a   Hozumi, Isao ^a   Inuzuka, Takashi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cord; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Foix Alajouanine syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging; Venous congestive myelopathy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; VENOUS CONGESTION; VENOUS CONGESTIVE MYELOPATHY;

AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; VEINS;

EID: 34248998705     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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