DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
Cervical MRI
Syringomyelia
Syringomyelia is a generic term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, can expand and elongate over time, destroying the spinal cord. The damage may result in pain, paralysis, weakness, and stiffness in the back, shoulders, and extremities. Syringomyelia may also cause a loss of the ability to feel extremes of hot or cold, especially in the hands. The disorder generally leads to a cape-like loss of pain and temperature sensation along the back and arms. Each patient experiences a different combination of symptoms...
Cervical MRI - List of case studies
- Cervical myelopathy
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from paresthesia and burning sensations in her arms. Her MRI found marked degenerative differences with spinal narrowing and protruding ... and C5-6 stenosis with myelomalacia, and a diagnosis of cervical myelopathy was established. The recommendations include anterior ...
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
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right and grasping deficit of her right hand. An MRI imaging of the spine was performed in 2003 revealing disc hernias at ... weakness in the right hand seem most likely to be due to cervical radiculopathy . The clinical presentation of sensory symptoms in ...
- Multiple Sclerosis_1
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onset of a unilateral sixth cranial nerve deficit. Brain MRI showed at least a dozen white matter lesions, one of them ... The pathology was stable until the brain-encephalic stem + cervical + dorsal column NMR of March 2008: “Check-up test in patient ... tingling in the feet with consequent execution of a cervical + dorsal column NMR on June 19, 2008, with evidence of active injury ...
- Prostatic Adenocarcinoma
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Evidence of skeletal localisations to one of the first cervical vertebrae, to the left hemisoma of the second lumbar vertebrae, and to ... to the left L2 hemisoma. January 2008 - Cervical MRI: signal alteration to the C3 and D1, initially hypothesised as associated ...
- List of Examinations
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with colour-doppler Arteriography Arthro-MRI Arthroscopic debridement Arthroscopy Aspirations ... SPECT with DATSCAN (scintigraphy test) Brain and cervical cord NMR Brain and encephalic trunk MRI Brain and spinal ... CSF tests CSF-serum albumin quotient CT CT (cervical spine) CT Chest scan CT Enterography CT OF THE ABDOMEN ...
- Spinal column pathology - additional opinion
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lower back pain radiating into both thighs. A lumbar MRI showed degenerative changes and EMG test showed L5 nerve root irritation. ... demonstrated increased reflexes and a concern for cervical stenosis was entertained. Further cervical MRI and lumbar studies ...
- Cervical Disk Hernia_3
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in intrinsic muscles. His diagnosis include stenosis (cervical spine C3-C7), rediculitis, degenerative disc disease and cervical spondylosis with possible myelopathy. Given the patient's age and the appearance of the MRI scan showing significant multilevel stenosis, the expert recommends ...
- Cervical Disk Hernia_2
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62-year-old male underwent an MRI scan of the cervical spine. The expert's conclusions from this test are: congenital diffuse ...
- Demyelinizing Disease
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with demyelinizing disease .” A NMR of the cervical spine without contrast medium was also carried out on 02/2007 with ... amongst them , demonstrated overwhelming affect on MRI parametes, but this improvement in the imaging was not always reflected ...
- Spinal pathology – additional opinion
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with multiple complaints related to both his lumbar and cervical spine. He complains of low back pain, cramping and numbness in his ... is moderate central and foraminal stenosis. The lumbar MRI showed loss of normal lumbar lordosis with multilevel degenerative changes ...