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Author Eltorai, Ibrahim M.

Title Rare diseases and syndromes of the spinal cord / Ibrahim M. Eltorai
Published Cham : Springer, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (446 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Contents; About the Author; Introduction; Part I: Congenital and Familial Causes of Myelopathy; 1: Cervical Myelopathy Due to Exostosis of the Posterior Arch of the Atlas; 1.1 Definition; 1.2 Incidence; 1.3 Etiology; 1.4 Pathology; 1.5 Clinical Picture; 1.6 Diagnosis; 1.7 Management; References; 2: Myelopathy Due to Congenital Hypoplasia of the Atlas; 2.1 Definition; 2.2 Incidence; 2.3 Etiology; 2.4 Pathology; 2.5 Clinical Picture; 2.6 Diagnosis; 2.7 Management; References; 3: Congenital Absence of the Posterior Elements of the Axis; 3.1 Definition
3.2 Incidence3.3 Etiology; 3.4 Pathology; 3.5 Clinical Picture; 3.6 Diagnosis; 3.7 Management; Reference; 4: Congenital Afibrinogenemia; 4.1 Definition; 4.2 Incidence; 4.3 Pathology; 4.4 Clinical Picture; 4.5 Diagnosis; 4.6 Management; 4.7 Updating; Reference; 5: Anterior Arch Aplasia with OS Odontoideum; 5.1 Definition; 5.2 Incidence; 5.3 Etiology; 5.4 Pathology; 5.5 Clinical Picture; 5.6 Diagnosis; 5.7 Management; Reference; 6: Myelopathy in Pediatric Blau Syndrome; 6.1 Definition; 6.2 Clinical Picture; 6.3 Management; 6.4 Case Report; Reference
7: Intradural Extramedullary Bronchgenic Cyst7.1 Definition; 7.2 Incidence; 7.3 Etiology; 7.4 Pathology; 7.5 Clinical Picture; 7.6 Diagnosis; 7.7 Management; Reference; 8: Intramedullary Capillary Hemangioma; 8.1 Definition; 8.2 Incidence; 8.3 Pathology; 8.4 Clinical Picture; 8.5 Diagnosis; 8.6 Management; References; 9: Intradural Extramedullary Capillary Hemangioma; 9.1 Definition; 9.2 Incidence; 9.3 Etiology; 9.4 Pathology; 9.5 Clinical Picture; 9.6 Diagnosis; 9.7 Management; 9.8 Updates; References; 10: Spinal Intradural Cerebellar Ectopia; 10.1 Definition
10.2 Incidence10.3 Etiology; 10.4 Pathology; 10.5 Clinical Picture; 10.6 Diagnosis; 10.7 Management; Reference; 11: Cystic Dilatation of the Conus Ventriculus Terminalis; 11.1 Definition; 11.2 Incidence; 11.3 Etiology; 11.4 Pathology; 11.5 Clinical Picture; 11.6 Diagnosis; 11.7 Management; References; 12: Syringomyelia in Association with Dandy-Walker Syndrome; 12.1 Definition; 12.2 Incidence; 12.3 Etiology; 12.4 Clinical Picture; 12.5 Diagnosis; 12.6 Management; References; 13: Myelopathy Due to Duplication of the Laminae; 13.1 Definition; 13.2 Incidence; 13.3 Etiology
13.4 Pathology13.5 Clinical Picture; 13.6 Diagnosis; 13.7 Management; Reference; 14: Compression Myelopathy Due to an Intramedullary Cyst Containing Ectopic Choroidal Plexus Tissue; 14.1 Definition; 14.2 Incidence; 14.3 Etiology; 14.4 Pathology; 14.5 Case Report; 14.6 Diagnosis; 14.7 Management; Reference; 15: Chiari 1 Malformation and Holocord Syringomyelia in Hunter Syndrome; 15.1 Definition; 15.2 Incidence; 15.3 Etiology; 15.4 Pathology; 15.5 Clinical Picture; 15.6 Diagnosis; 15.7 Management; Reference; 16: Myelopathy in Infantile Myofibromatosis; 16.1 Definition
Summary This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of rare diseases and syndromes of the spinal cord, collected over the past forty years from all the world's literature. Each chapter in this volume is organized in the same easy-to-follow format, comprising definitions, incidence, etiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, management, prognosis, and references. This book is aimed at medical students, residents, fellows, and junior attendings in spinal cord medicine, physical medicine, neurosurgery, orthopedics, oncology, emergency medicine, infectious disease, neurology, genetics, vascular surgery, and endocrinology, along with the numerous allied fields of physical therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, and biomedical researchers
Notes 16.2 Incidence
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Subject Spinal cord -- Diseases.
Rare Diseases
Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Spinal cord -- Diseases
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783319451473
3319451472