Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy after spinal cord injury. Report of three cases.
Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy is a rare disorder, unrelated to syrinx formation or mechanical instability, that may gradually emerge within the first 1 to 2 weeks after a spinal cord injury. The authors describe three patients with this syndrome and discuss its possible causes as well as its clinical presentation, imaging characteristics, treatment, and patient prognosis.
Belanger
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Florida, USA.
Picard
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Lacerte
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Lavallee
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Levi
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