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Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a well-known cause of disability among older people. A significant amount of these patients is asymptomatic. Once the symptoms start, the worsening may follow a progressive manner. We should suspect of spondylotic myelopathy in any individual over 55 years presenti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994827 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2016.6330 |
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author | de Oliveira Vilaça, Celmir Orsini, Marco Leite, Marco A. Araujo de Freitas, Marcos R.G. Davidovich, Eduardo Fiorelli, Rossano Fiorelli, Stenio Fiorelli, Camila Oliveira, Acary Bulle Pessoa, Bruno Lima |
author_facet | de Oliveira Vilaça, Celmir Orsini, Marco Leite, Marco A. Araujo de Freitas, Marcos R.G. Davidovich, Eduardo Fiorelli, Rossano Fiorelli, Stenio Fiorelli, Camila Oliveira, Acary Bulle Pessoa, Bruno Lima |
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description | Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a well-known cause of disability among older people. A significant amount of these patients is asymptomatic. Once the symptoms start, the worsening may follow a progressive manner. We should suspect of spondylotic myelopathy in any individual over 55 years presenting progressive changes in gait or losing fine motor control of the upper limbs. Despite its frequent prevalence, this condition is still neglected and many times confused with other supratentorial lesions regarding diagnostic. Here we address some of most important aspects of this disease, calling attention to pathophysiology, the natural history, presentation, differential diagnosis, clinical assessment, and treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-51367522016-12-19 Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know de Oliveira Vilaça, Celmir Orsini, Marco Leite, Marco A. Araujo de Freitas, Marcos R.G. Davidovich, Eduardo Fiorelli, Rossano Fiorelli, Stenio Fiorelli, Camila Oliveira, Acary Bulle Pessoa, Bruno Lima Neurol Int Review Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a well-known cause of disability among older people. A significant amount of these patients is asymptomatic. Once the symptoms start, the worsening may follow a progressive manner. We should suspect of spondylotic myelopathy in any individual over 55 years presenting progressive changes in gait or losing fine motor control of the upper limbs. Despite its frequent prevalence, this condition is still neglected and many times confused with other supratentorial lesions regarding diagnostic. Here we address some of most important aspects of this disease, calling attention to pathophysiology, the natural history, presentation, differential diagnosis, clinical assessment, and treatment. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC5136752/ /pubmed/27994827 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2016.6330 Text en ©Copyright C. de Oliveira Vilaça et al., 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review de Oliveira Vilaça, Celmir Orsini, Marco Leite, Marco A. Araujo de Freitas, Marcos R.G. Davidovich, Eduardo Fiorelli, Rossano Fiorelli, Stenio Fiorelli, Camila Oliveira, Acary Bulle Pessoa, Bruno Lima Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title_full | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title_fullStr | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title_full_unstemmed | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title_short | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: What the Neurologist Should Know |
title_sort | cervical spondylotic myelopathy: what the neurologist should know |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5136752/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27994827 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ni.2016.6330 |
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