Spinal cord compression causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Overview
Common causes of spinal cord compression include trauma, primary or metastatic spinal tumor, intervertebral disk herniation, epidural abscess, and epidural hematoma.
Causes
Causes
Common causes of acute spinal cord compression include [1]
- Trauma
- Tumor (primary or secondary)[2]
- Secondary tumors: lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, or renal cancer. Sarcoma, myeloma, leukemia, thyroid cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, and gastrointestinal malignancies can also cause spinal cord compression
- Intervertebral disk disease
- Scoliosis
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Epidural abscess
- Epidural hematoma[3][4]
Less common causes are:
References
References
- ↑ Kirshblum SC, Burns SP, Biering-Sorensen F, Donovan W, Graves DE, Jha A, Johansen M, Jones L, Krassioukov A, Mulcahey MJ, Schmidt-Read M, Waring W (2011). “International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury (revised 2011)”. J Spinal Cord Med. 34 (6): 535–46. doi:10.1179/204577211X13207446293695. PMC 3232636. PMID 22330108.
- ↑ Kumar S, Wanchu A, Sharma A, Mukherjee K, Radotra BD, Gupta V, Singh S (2010). “Spinal cord compression caused by anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an HIV infected individual”. J Cancer Res Ther. 6 (3): 376–8. doi:10.4103/0973-1482.73358. PMID 21119283.
- ↑ Castel E, Lazennec JY, Chiras J, Enkaoua E, Saillant G (1999). “Acute spinal cord compression due to intraspinal bleeding from a vertebral hemangioma: two case-reports”. Eur Spine J. 8 (3): 244–8. PMC 3611171. PMID 10413354.
- ↑ Templin CR, Stambough JB, Stambough JL (2004). “Acute spinal cord compression caused by vertebral hemangioma”. Spine J. 4 (5): 595–600. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2003.08.034. PMID 15363434.
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