Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Juvenile asymmetric segmental spinal muscular atrophy (Hirayama's disease) Three cases without evidence of “flexion myelopathy”. |
| Authors: |
Willeit, J., Kiechl, S., Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, U., Golaszewski, S., Peer, S., Poewe, W. |
| Source: |
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Nov2001, Vol. 104 Issue 5, p320-322. 3p. 4 Black and White Photographs. |
| Subjects: |
Spinal muscular atrophy, Cervical vertebrae diseases |
| Abstract: |
Compression of the cervical spinal cord during neck movements (“flexion myelopathy”) was proposed to be the main pathomechanism of juvenile asymmetric spinal muscular atrophy (JASSMA). We present 3 patients with the clinical appearance of JASSMA and typical high-intensity signals in the anterior horn cell region of the lower cervical spinal cord (T2-weighted magnetic resonance images) but without evidence of dynamic spinal cord compression. In all these patients pathomechanism distinct from mechanical damage must be assumed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
