Surfer's myelopathy-demonstrated by diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging: a case report and literature review

The authors present a case of "surfer's myelopathy," a rarely described syndrome characterized by nontraumatic paraparesis/paraplegia in novice surfers and theorized to result from spinal cord ischemia secondary to surfing-related positional hyperextension. Imaging and clinical course...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of computer assisted tomography 2011-07, Vol.35 (4), p.492-494
Hauptverfasser:	Lieske, Jonathan, Cameron, Brian, Drinkwine, Benjamin, Goretzke, Sean, Alemi, Lily, Needham, Kenneth, Ventura, John, Ho, Van Thong, La Barge, 3rd, Donald V
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Diagnosis, Differential Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods Female Humans Spinal Cord Ischemia - diagnosis Spinal Cord Ischemia - etiology Spinal Cord Ischemia - rehabilitation Sports Syndrome
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