Your spine is made up of bones stabilized by multiple ligaments and muscles along its length. The spinal cord resides in the spinal canal. It is a complex structure that allows neurological impulses ...

Symptoms and characteristics of cancer patient visits to an emergency room. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full text component.

For patients who may benefit from such scans, it's unclear whether including the spine as well as the sacroiliac joint ...

Radiomics offers improved assessment of spinal cord pathology in MS, surpassing conventional MRI in precision and sensitivity. A study identified 12 significant radiomic features, with four ...

The study covered in this summary was published on MedRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. This study lends support to the theory that Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) affects certain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Expanded labeling allows those with chronic pain to have a wider selection of leads for full-body scans. Eterna ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate ...

Multiple sclerosis causes lesions to the spinal cord and other parts of the central nervous system. An MRI can detect spinal cord lesions and help diagnose and monitor the condition. Multiple ...

A 45-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician (PCP) with the chief complaint of low back pain (LBP) that began gradually and has worsened over the past several years. Her medical history ...

What Is Central Cord Syndrome? Central cord syndrome is a type of incomplete spinal cord condition that affects the middle portion of your spinal cord. An incomplete spinal cord syndrome affects ...