Myelopathy.
Myelitis and myelopathy may be caused by numerous ideologies, such as neoplastic, inflammatory, metabolic, infectious, and physical agents. Cervical spondylitic myelopathy, a spectrum of degenerative change occurring in the cervical spine, is the most common cause of cord dysfunction in patients more than 50 years of age. A variety of ideologies of myelopathy and imaging features are presented in this article.
Ross
J S
JS
Magnetic Resonance, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA.
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009187:Myelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis