Items tagged “spine”
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Vertebral nutrient vessel
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24 Jul 2010
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Atlantooccipital dissociation
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31 Jul 2010
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Caudal regression syndrome with lipoma
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31 Jul 2010
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Limbus vertebra
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02 Aug 2010
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Sacral schwannoma
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06 Aug 2010
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Os odontoideum
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07 Aug 2010
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Demyelinating plaque - dorsal column
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08 Aug 2010
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Chiari 1 malformation, syrinx and scoliosis
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08 Aug 2010
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type II with scoliosis
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08 Aug 2010
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Atlanto-occipital assimilation
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08 Aug 2010
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Giant lateral thoracic meningocele
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09 Aug 2010
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Friedreich ataxia
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...
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Ependymoma vs astrocytoma of the spinal cord
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...
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Conus medullaris
The conus medullaris is the tapered inferior-most part of the spinal cord to which is attached the filum terminale.
Gross anatomy
The conus medullaris is conical in shape, tapering from the distal spinal cord to a narrow point from which a delicate strand of fibrous tissue called the filum ter...
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Grisel syndrome
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12 Sep 2010
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Butterfly vertebra
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13 Sep 2010
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Lumbar epidural arachnoid cyst
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20 Sep 2010
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Sacral agenesis
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21 Sep 2010
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Spondylolisthesis - distended facet sign
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22 Sep 2010
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Spinal epidural hematoma
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30 Sep 2010
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