ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a clinically heterogeneous disease, with chameleon presentations and several mimics. Considering the poor prognosis of ALS, their precise and timely identification is pivotal. Affection of the cervical spine represents one potential source of ALS mimics that sh...

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Autores principales: Storti, Benedetta, Diamanti, Susanna, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Riva, Nilo, Lunetta, Christian, Filippi, Massimo, Ferrarese, Carlo, Appollonio, Ildebrando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2021
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Single Case − General Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33790773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000512810
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author Storti, Benedetta
Diamanti, Susanna
Tremolizzo, Lucio
Riva, Nilo
Lunetta, Christian
Filippi, Massimo
Ferrarese, Carlo
Appollonio, Ildebrando
author_facet Storti, Benedetta
Diamanti, Susanna
Tremolizzo, Lucio
Riva, Nilo
Lunetta, Christian
Filippi, Massimo
Ferrarese, Carlo
Appollonio, Ildebrando
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description Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a clinically heterogeneous disease, with chameleon presentations and several mimics. Considering the poor prognosis of ALS, their precise and timely identification is pivotal. Affection of the cervical spine represents one potential source of ALS mimics that should never be missed, since it is potentially treatable. We hereby present 5 cases initially diagnosed as ALS but eventually found to have different kinds of cervical spine affection, from a common compressive myelopathy to a rare space-occupying cystic fluid collection.
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spelling pubmed-79897912021-03-30 ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection Storti, Benedetta Diamanti, Susanna Tremolizzo, Lucio Riva, Nilo Lunetta, Christian Filippi, Massimo Ferrarese, Carlo Appollonio, Ildebrando Case Rep Neurol Single Case − General Neurology Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a clinically heterogeneous disease, with chameleon presentations and several mimics. Considering the poor prognosis of ALS, their precise and timely identification is pivotal. Affection of the cervical spine represents one potential source of ALS mimics that should never be missed, since it is potentially treatable. We hereby present 5 cases initially diagnosed as ALS but eventually found to have different kinds of cervical spine affection, from a common compressive myelopathy to a rare space-occupying cystic fluid collection. S. Karger AG 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7989791/ /pubmed/33790773 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000512810 Text en Copyright © 2021 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
spellingShingle Single Case − General Neurology
Storti, Benedetta
Diamanti, Susanna
Tremolizzo, Lucio
Riva, Nilo
Lunetta, Christian
Filippi, Massimo
Ferrarese, Carlo
Appollonio, Ildebrando
ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title_full ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title_fullStr ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title_full_unstemmed ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title_short ALS Mimics due to Affection of the Cervical Spine: From Common Compressive Myelopathy to Rare CSF Epidural Collection
title_sort als mimics due to affection of the cervical spine: from common compressive myelopathy to rare csf epidural collection
topic Single Case − General Neurology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7989791/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33790773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000512810
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