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    • Spinal Cord Disorders

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    • Vascular myelopathies encompass diverse conditions, frequently misdiagnosed or undertreated, some posing neurologic emergencies.
    • Conditions like spinal cord infarction and spinal dural arteriovenous fistulas can lead to significant disability if not promptly addressed.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To review clinical characteristics and therapeutic strategies for common vascular myelopathies.
    • To provide practical insights for clinicians regarding diagnosis and management.
    • To emphasize the importance of recognizing these often-misdiagnosed conditions.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of current literature on vascular myelopathies.
    • Discussion of diagnostic advancements, particularly in MRI.
    • Overview of surgical and endovascular treatment options.

    Main Results:

    • Advances in MRI enable precise, noninvasive diagnosis of most vascular myelopathies.
    • Surgical and endovascular therapies demonstrate high efficacy for spinal vascular malformations.
    • Longitudinal data suggest a more favorable prognosis for spinal cord infarction than previously thought, with potential for significant recovery.

    Conclusions:

    • Clinicians must recognize the clinical and radiologic features of vascular myelopathies.
    • Optimal management necessitates multidisciplinary collaboration (neuroradiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurosurgeons).
    • Prognosis can be cautiously optimistic, as functional recovery may exceed initial expectations.