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ArticleCureus2023

Utility of Flexion and Extension MRI for Evaluating Isolated Cervical Spinal Cord Lesions: A Case Series.

Zeinab Awada, Sami Saba, Asaff Harel

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zeinab AwadaNeurology, Staten Island University Hospital and Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA.
Sami SabaNeurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Asaff HarelNeurology, Lenox Hill Hospital/Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Lenox Hill Hospital · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of isolated spinal cord lesions is often challenging in clinical practice, and it is not uncommon for the etiology of such isolated lesions to remain unclear despite extensive workup and investigations. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is extensively utilized for assessing spinal cord disease, despite certain radiological patterns suggesting certain pathologies, diagnostic uncertainty remains. Development of adjunct tests and techniques, radiographic or otherwise, is needed. Here, we present two cases in which flexion-extension cervical spine MRIs improved diagnostic ability by demonstrating dynamic cervical cord compression as an etiology for isolated intramedullary cervical spinal cord lesions.

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compressive myelopathydegenerative myelopathydegenerative spine diseaseflexion and extension mriintramedullary lesionintrinsic cord lesion

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PMID38021920
PMCPMC10640669
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