RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
SR Print(0)
ID 57630668
T1 Chapter 44. Diseases of the Spinal Cord
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 10e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0071794794
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57630668
RD 2023/01/28
AB Diseases  of  the  nervous  system  may  be  confined  to  the  spinal  cord  where  they  produce  a  number  of  distinctive  syndromes.  These  relate  to  the  special  anatomic  features  of  the  cord,  such  as  its  prominent  function  in  sensorimotor  conduction  and  relatively  primitive  reflex  activity;  its  long,  cylindrical  shape;  its  small  cross-sectional  size;  the  peripheral  location  of  myelinated  fibers  next  to  the  pia;  the  special  arrangement  of  its  blood  vessels;  and  its  intimate  relationship  to  the  vertebral  column.  Woolsey  and  Young  estimated  that  approximately  30  diseases  are  known  to  affect  the  spinal  cord,  of  which  half  are  seen  with  regularity.  These  processes  express  themselves  in  a  number  of  readily  recognized  ways  and,  as  will  be  evident,  certain  diseases  preferentially  produce  special  syndromes.  This  syndromic  grouping  of  the  spinal  cord  disorders,  which  is  in  keeping  with  the  general  plan  of  this  book,  greatly  facilitates  clinical  diagnosis.