Ten days before the onset of rash, he noticed weakness of the left arm. On admission, the left arm weakness was limited to muscles controlled by the C5 myelomere. He had no clinical symptoms of myelitis, but the T2-weighted magnetic resonance images of the spinal cord revealed hyperintensity...
Introduction Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating and debilitating condition that largely affects young adults in the prime of their lives. There are roughly 12,000 cases of spinal cord injuries each year, and over 250,000 people with traumatic spinal cord injury are living in th...
VINCENT ARLET, JEAN OUELLET, in Surgical Management of Spinal Deformities, 2009 SPECIFIC WORKUP BEFORE SURGERY Each case of myelomeningocele deformity should be assessed individually. Usually, plain roentgenograms are required to assess the deformity. They should be obtained with the patient in the...
Denouement and DiscussionOccult Spinal DysraphismSpinal dysraphism refers to developmental lesions of the spine that may involve one or more of the following structures: spinal cord, vertebrae, and overlying muscle or skin. Because the skin and the nervous system are derivatives of the embryonal ectode...
The brain is made up of many specialized areas that work together: The cortex is the outermost layer of brain cells. Thinking and voluntary movements begin in the cortex. The brain stem is between the spinal cord and the rest of the brain. Basic functions like breathing and sleep are contro...
of the body. Apart from the structural support function of the spinal column, it also houses and protects the spinal cord, which sends out branches (spinal nerves) to different areas of the body. The spinal cord is the neurological pathway for sending and receiving signals to and from the ...
Multiple spinal intramedullary cavernomas with vascular skin nevus or 'Cobb syndrome': a case report The article offers information on the production of oil in a brain abscess caused by the presence of the bacteria Propionibacterium acnes. Propionibacteriu... S, Gatzonis,G, Stranjalis,A, Sia...
Special Feature Picture of the Month—Quiz Case Buenaventura Hernandez-Machin, MD; Candelaria Santana Reyes, MD; Mª Mar Ojeda Vargas, MD; Leopoldo Borrego Hernando, MD Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine Denouement and Discussion: Congenital Cutaneous Candidiasis Histological examination showe...
Thinking and voluntary movements begin in the cortex. The brain stem is between the spinal cord and the rest of the brain. Basic functions like breathing and sleep are controlled here. The basal ganglia are a cluster of structures in the center of the brain. The basal ganglia coordinate ...
innermost, sitting intimately on top of the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots, is thepia mater, or “tender mother” In mammals the space between the dura mater and the bony walls of the neural arch is filled withepidural fat. This isn’t unhealthy fat, this is fat used as packing pea...