title: [The diameters of the cervical spinal cord shown by amipaque-myelography (author's transl)].
abstract: The sagittal and cross diameters of the cervical spinal cord were measured in 53 patients with cervical nerve root compression and with no evidence of spinal cord involvement, as well as in 45 patients with spastic tetraparesis and no localised space occupying lesion, and 29 patients with myelographically proven cervical myelography. The true diameters were calculated by the known magnification factor (1:1,4). Patients with spastic tetraparesis showed diameters in normal ranges, as well as widened or diminished sizes of the cord. Some of the patients with cervical myelopathy showed diminished diameters in the caudal parts. This may be a hint for a poor outcome after decompression operation.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media
vernacular_title: Der Durchmesser des zervikalen Rückenmarks im Amipaquemyelogramm.