Spinal Cord Lesions Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 most common causes of cervical spine injury?
A
trauma degenerative disease inflammation infection tumour
2
Q
What are the 5 most common causes of cervical spine injury?
A
trauma degenerative disease inflammation infection tumour
3
Q
What are the 5 most common causes of cervical spine injury?
A
trauma degenerative disease inflammation infection tumour
4
Q
what is Brown-Séquard syndrome?
A
hemisection of the spinal cord
can result from trauma or dengeneration
5
Q
What patholgies can cause posterior column defects?>
A
B12 def.
tabes dorsalis
Vit E def.
6
Q
What is tabes dorsalis?
A
untreated neurosyphillis leading to poster column symptoms
