Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy in a 15-year-old boy

Autor:	Timothy J. Kovanda, Eric M. Horn
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Myelopathy Cord Traumatic spinal cord injury Spinal Cord Trauma business.industry Anesthesia medicine General Medicine medicine.disease business Spinal cord injury Surgery
Zdroj:	Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 21:454-457
ISSN:	1547-5654
DOI:	10.3171/2014.5.spine13754
Popis:	Secondary injury following initial spinal cord trauma is uncommon and frequently attributed to mismanagement of an unprotected cord in the acute time period after injury. Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy (SPAM) is a rare occurrence in the days to weeks following an initial spinal cord injury that is unrelated to manipulation of an unprotected cord and involves 4 or more vertebral levels above the original injury. The authors present a case of SPAM occurring in a 15-year-old boy who sustained a T3–4 fracture-dislocation resulting in a complete spinal cord injury, and they highlight the imaging findings and optimum treatment for this rare event.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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