Rare Diseases and Syndromes of the Spinal Cord

Part I. Congenital and Familial Causes of Myelopathy

1. Cervical Myelopathy Due to Exostosis of the Posterior Arch of the Atlas
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2. Myelopathy Due to Congenital Hypoplasia of the Atlas
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3. Congenital Absence of the Posterior Elements of the Axis
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4. Congenital Afibrinogenemia
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5. Anterior Arch Aplasia with OS Odontoideum
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6. Myelopathy in Pediatric Blau Syndrome
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7. Intradural Extramedullary Bronchgenic Cyst
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8. Intramedullary Capillary Hemangioma
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9. Intradural Extramedullary Capillary Hemangioma
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10. Spinal Intradural Cerebellar Ectopia
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11. Cystic Dilatation of the Conus Ventriculus Terminalis
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12. Syringomyelia in Association with Dandy-Walker Syndrome
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13. Myelopathy Due to Duplication of the Laminae
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14. Compression Myelopathy Due to an Intramedullary Cyst Containing Ectopic Choroidal Plexus Tissue
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15. Chiari 1 Malformation and Holocord Syringomyelia in Hunter Syndrome
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16. Myelopathy in Infantile Myofibromatosis
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17. Tetraparesis in Laurence-Moon-Biedl-Bardet Syndrome
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18. Lymphangiomatosis
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19. Ischemic Myelopathy Due to Marfan’s Syndrome
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20. Myelopathy in Neurocutatneous Melanosis
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21. Myelopathy in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
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22. Prader-Willi Syndrome
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23. Compression Myelopathy in Proteus Syndrome
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24. Segmental Spinal Dysgenesis
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25. Ischemic Myelopathy Due to Sickle Cell Trait
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26. Sotos Syndrome as a Cause of Compression Myelopathy
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27. Atlantoaxial Instability in Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita
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28. Brown Séquard Syndrome Associated with Sprengel’s Deformity
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29. Synovial Chondromatosis
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30. Myelopathy Due to Tourette’s Syndrome
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Part II. Endocrine Causes of Myelopathy

31. Adrenomyeloneuropathy Causing Spastic Paresis
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32. Copper Deficiency
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33. Diabetic Myelopathy
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34. Cervical Myelomalacia in Laron Syndrome
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35. Compression Myelopathy due to Tophaceous Gout
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Part III. Iatrogenic

36. Myelopathy due to Acupuncture
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37. Bronchial Artery Embolization (BAE) for Severe Hemoptysis
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38. Spinal Cord Infarction Following Central Line Insertion
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39. Chemical Myelopathy due to Cervical Myelography
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40. Myelopathy due to Cervical Spinal Manipulation
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41. Paraplegia Following Chemonucleolysis
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42. Spinal Cord Injury After Chest Compressions
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43. Cervical Myelopathy Contrast Injection
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44. Acute Transverse Myelitis in an Infant After Dtap Vaccination
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45. Paraplegia After Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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46. Spinal Cord Infarction After Endoscopic Esophageal Varix Ligation
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47. Subacute Combined Degeneration Provoked by Nitrous Oxide Anethesia Patients with Cobalamin Deficiency
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48. Myelopathy due to Cervical Spine Flexion for Pediatric Tracheal Resection
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49. Spinal Cord Stimulator Scar Tissue
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50. Neonatal Paraplegia Through Umbilical Catheterization
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51. Malfunction of a Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt
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52. Viper Antivenin Induced Brown-Séquard Syndrome
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Part IV. Idiopathic

53. Baastrup’s Disease Causing Neurogenic Claudication
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54. Castleman’s Disease
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55. Cruciate Paralysis
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56. Myelopathy Due To Gorham’s Disease
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57. Hajdu Cheney Syndrome
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58. Holocord Myelopathy with Thoracic Stenosis
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59. Myelitis due to Hypertrophic Dens
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60. Myelopathy due to Léri’s Disease
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61. Idiopathic Primary Spinal Myoclonus
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62. Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis
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63. Isolated Spinal Neuro-Behçet Disease
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64. Subacute Progressive Ascending Myelopathy (SPAM)
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65. Idiopathic Spinal Cord Herniation
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66. Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma
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67. Tumoral Calcinosis of the Spine
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68. Transient Cervical Myeloneurapraxia
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Part V. Infectious Cause of Myelopathy

69. Bacterial Meningitis in Adults
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70. Guillain-Barré Syndrome Following Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation
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71. Myelopathy due to Cladosporium trichoides or Cladophialophora bantiana

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72. Coxsackie Transverse Myelitis
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73. Cytomegalovirus Myelitis
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74. Degos Disease (DD)
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75. Dengue Myelitis
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76. Dental Extraction
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77. Holospinal Epidural Abscess
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78. Imported Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis
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79. Lemierre’s Syndrome
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80. Listeriosis
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81. Melioidosis
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82. Mumps Viraemia
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83. Myelitis due to Sparganosis
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84.
Toxocara canis

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85. Toxoplasmosis of the Spinal Cord
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86. Trypanosomiasis
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87. Compression Myelopathy due to Typhoid Spondylodiscitis
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88. West Nile Virus Infection
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89. Zoster Myelitis
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Part VI. Neoplastic Causes of Myelopathy

90. Adamantinoma of the Spine
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91. Amyloidosis
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92. Acute Paraplegia Secondary to Brown Tumor
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93. Myelopathy due to Chondroblastoma of the Spine
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94. Costal Osteochondroma Causing Compression Myelopathy
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95. Cutaneous Adenocystic Carcinoma
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96. Myelopathy due to Intraspinal Desmoid Tumor
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97. Intramedullary Ectopic Adrenal Cortical Adenoma
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98. Spinal Tanycytic Ependymoma
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99. Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma (FDCS)
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100. Left Atrial Papillary Fibroelastoma
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101. Gliofibroma
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102. Glioneuronal Tumor
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103. Myelopathy in Primary Spinal Epidural Mantle Cell Lymphoma
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104. Malingnant Eccrine Poroma
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105. Melanoma
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106. Intramedullary Meningioma of the Cervical Spinal Cord
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107. Metastatic Retinoblastoma (Pediatric)
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108. Infantile Myofibromatosis
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109. Myopericytoma of the Thoracic Spine Causing Myelopathy
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110. Natural Killer T-Cell Lymphoma of the Cauda Equina
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111. Myelopathy in Neurocutatneous Melanosis
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112. Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
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113. Oncocytoma in Melanocytoma
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114. Osteosarcoma
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115. Myelopathy Due to Spinal Paraganglioma
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116. Plasma Cell Leukemia (PCL)
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117. Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
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118. Primary Intraspinal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)
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119. Intramedullary Schwannoma Associated with Neurofibromatosis
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120. Secondary Syringomyelia due to Spinal Intramedullary Metastasis
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121. Spinal Hemangioblastomas in Von Hippel Lindau Disease
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122. Spinal Artery Steal Syndrome in Paget’s Disease of the Bone
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123. Intramedullary Teratoma
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Part VII. Toxic Causes of Myelopathy

124. Benzene Myelitis
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125. Myelopathy due to Flexion Drug Overdose
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126. Myelopathy due to Heroin Addiction
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127. Myelopathy due to Wasp Sting
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Part VIII. Vascular Causes of Myelopathy

128. Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome
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129. Cervical Myelopathy Caused by Bilateral Persistence of the First Intersegmental Arteries
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130. Myelopathy in Cobb Syndrome
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131. Eale’s Disease
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132. Ectopic Choroidal Plexus Tissue
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133. Myelopathy due to Fibrocartilaginous Spinal Cord Embolism
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134. Intravascular Papillary Endothelial Hyperplasia
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135. Posterior Spinal Artery Syndrome
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136. Myelopathy due to Spinal Cord Vasculitis
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137. Epidural Varix
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Part IX. Miscellaneous Causes of Myelopathy

138. Paraplegia of Cerebral Origin
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139. Decompression Sickness
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140. Exertional Myelopathy due to Congenital Kyphosis Type II
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141. Thoracic Compression Myelopathy due to Facet Joint Osteophyte
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142. Hysterical Paralysis
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143. Differential Diagnosis: Hypermagnesemia
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144. Spinal Epidural Lubricant Grease
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145. Myelopathy due to Intramedullary Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
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146. Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiologic Abnormality (Sciwora)
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147. Surfer’s Myelopathy
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148. Trampoline Spinal Cord Injuries in Pediatrics
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149. Traumatic Tethering
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