Late-Onset Progressive Radiculomyelopathy in Patients with Cervical Athetoid-Dystonic Cerebral Palsy
作者:
Daphne Kidron,
Israel Steiner,
Eldad Melamed,
期刊:
European Neurology
(Karger Available online 1987)
卷期:
Volume 27,
issue 3
页码: 164-166
ISSN:0014-3022
年代: 1987
DOI:10.1159/000116150
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Radiculomyelopathy;Late onset;Cerebral palsy
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Three patients with severe athetoid-dystonic type of cerebral palsy involving the neck musculature developed in their fourth to fifth decade progressive cervical radiculomyelopathy associated with vertebral spondylarthrotic compressive lesions in addition to their long-standing neurological syndrome. It is likely that the late-onset myelopathy is linked to continuous torsion, compression and ‘wear and tear’ of the cervical spinal cord, induced by the involuntary movements. In 2 patients decompressive cervical spinal surgery was ineffective, suggesting irreversible dam
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