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Spinal Cord Diseases

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Definition: Pathologic conditions which feature SPINAL CORD damage or dysfunction, including disorders involving the meninges and perimeningeal spaces surrounding the spinal cord. Traumatic injuries, vascular diseases, infections, and inflammatory/autoimmune processes may affect the spinal cord.  coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord; inflamm dis of spinal cord= MYELITIS   
Examples Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Epidural Abscess; Muscular Atrophy, Spinal; Myelitis; Poliomyelitis; Spinal Cord Compression; Spinal Cord Neoplasms; Spinal Cord Injuries; Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases; Spinocerebellar Degenerations; Stiff-Person Syndrome; Subacute Combined Degeneration; Syringomyelia; Tabes Dorsalis
Other names Spinal Cord Disorder; Spinal Cord Disease; Myelopathies; Spinal Cord Disorders; Myelopathy
 
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Spinal intradural arachnoid cysts  0   *Spinal Cord Diseases *Arachnoid Cysts.

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