Items tagged “spine”

Friedreich ataxia is the most common hereditary progressive ataxia. Epidemiology Thought to have an estimated prevalence of ~1:50,000. There is no recognized gender predilection. Typically present in childhood to adolescence 11. Those with a higher number of trinucleotide repeats (>500) are t...

A number of factors are useful when differentiating between spinal cord ependymoma and spinal cord astrocytoma.  Ependymoma child or adult more central in location well-defined lesion bone remodeling is common low T1 signal well-defined enhancement syrinx is more common hemorrhage is mo...

The conus medullaris is the terminal end of the spinal cord. Gross anatomy After the cord terminates, the nerve roots descend within the spinal canal as individual rootlets, collectively termed the cauda equina. The conus medullaris most commonly terminates at the L1/2 intervertebral disc leve...