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Etiological spectrum of non-traumatic myelopathies: experience from a tertiary care centre
R N Chaurasia1, A Verma, D Joshi
1Department of Neurology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Aim:
This study aimed to identify the clinical and radiological profile of non-traumatic myelopathies and various etiologies associated with them.
Material And Methods:
Two hundred and four patients of non-traumatic myelopathy were prospectively studied in different wards of Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, from September 2002 to March2004. Patients underwent a detailed clinical evaluation followed by laboratory investigation and neuroimaging studies.
Results:
Among 204 patients of non-traumatic myelopathy, 108 patients presented with paraplegia and 96 patients with quadriplegia. Tuberculosis was the commonest cause of compression paraplegia in this series and was observed in 42 cases (33.33%) while quadriplegia was seen in only 3 cases (2.38%). In the present study, acute transverse myelitis formed the major bulk of non-compressive myelopathy.
Conclusion:
Tuberculosis of spine was the most common cause of compressive myelopathy and among the non-compressive group acute transverse myelitis and SACD were the important etiology.
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