Cervical spine abnormalities associated with down syndrome. Atlantoaxial instability aai affects 1020% of individuals with down syndrome ds. We aim to propose the term vertebral artery compression syndrome to describe a group of patients with a variety of clinical symptoms caused by vertebral artery compression of the medulla or spinal cord. Arnold schwarzenegger this speech broke the internet and most inspiring speech it changed my life. We conducted the prospective case study in a university teaching hospital. A case of atypical nontraumatic spinal cord compression. Symptomatic aai, which affects 12% of individuals with ds, manifests with spinal cord compression. Il ne faut surtout pas attendre lapparition des troubles. Pdf available in pan african medical journal 20 march 2015 with 68 reads.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Full text full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Les compressions medullaires lentes constituent une urgence. It may be compression by the varix itself but it may also be secondary to diffculty in venous return. Compression of spinal cord by osteitis deformans pagets disease, giantcell tumor and polyostotic fibrous dysplasia albrights syndrome of vertebrae a report of four cases paul teng m. The most common causes of cord compression are tumors, but abscesses and granulomas e. The mechanism behind radicular pain is not fully understood. The condition is mostly asymptomatic and diagnosed on radiography by an enlarged anterior atlantoodontoid distance. Pdf file of the complete article 872k, or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Eleven patients who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of vertebral artery compression. Syndrome souslesionnel souffrance des voies longues.
Hypoesthesie, anesthesie en bande, paresie, areflexie. This case, in addition, demonstrates the ability of an apparently longstanding cervical deformity to produce a sudden. Links to pubmed are also available for selected references. Etudiant en neurochirurgie documents livre neurochirurgie. Compression spinale maligne prevention, diagnostic et traitement state of the. Paraplegia due to pagets disease osteitis deformans. Compression medullaire non traumatique e x t r a d u r a l osteoarticulaire degeneratif hernie discale. Compression of spinal cord by osteitis deformans pagets. Compression of the cervical spinal cord by herniated. Le syndrome sous lesionnel est domine par le syndrome pyramidal bilateral entrainant une.
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