TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Disorders of the Spinal Cord A1 - Katie Ihnen, S. A2 - Hershey, Andrew D. PY - 2023 T2 - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment Pediatric Neurology AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISSpinal cord disorders can be organized into categories based on chronicity and etiology, keeping in mind that the categories are not rigid (eg, some entities can present either acutely or subacutely):NontraumaticChronicSubacuteAcuteTraumaticAcutePathophysiology and epidemiology vary significantly by etiology.Certain anatomic variants (eg, spinal canal stenosis, disk herniation, osteophytes, abnormal ligamentous structures), chromosomal anomalies (eg, trisomy 21), connective tissue disorders (eg, Ehlers-Danlos), and bleeding diatheses (eg, hemophilia) can predispose to or worsen the impact of spinal cord injury.Some of the following sections are treated separately for nontraumatic and traumatic etiologies. SN - PB - McGraw Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195237905 ER -