Publication details
Krční myelopatie - diagnostický problém
| Title in English | Cervical Myelopathy - a Diagnostic Problem |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2009 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Česká a slovenská neurologie a neurochirurgie |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences |
| Keywords | myelopathy; acute transverse myelitis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; motor neuro disease; multifocal motor neuropathy |
| Description | Abstract: This article deals with the difficulties involved in the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cervical myelopathy. The author places particular emphasis on the identification of compressive spondylotic myelopathy and its differential diagnosis and points out the risks of under- and over-diagnosis. A further large group of cervical myelopathies is represented by spinal tumours, the diagnosis and treatment of which are associated with many pitfalls. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is also associated with diagnostic problems because it may easily be mistaken for spondylotic cervical myelopathy in terms of the ubiquity of degenerative changes of the spine, leading to unnecessary operations. Many problems are related to acute transverse myelitis, because this term has often been used interchangeably in the published literature; the aetiology is ambiguous and recognition therefore tricky. |
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