title: Subacute posttraumatic ascending myelopathy after spinal cord injury. Report of three cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belanger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Picard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lacerte
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavallee
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Levi
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D013256:Steroids