Medical Definition of Acute spinal cord compression

1. Signs and symptoms of cord compression show progression within 24 hours or less: pain, weakness, autonomic dysfunction, sensory loss, ataxia Diagnostic considerations: Primary or secondary malignancy of epidural space or vertebrae, Trauma, Inflammatory process, Osteoarthritis REF: MacNeil BJ, Abrams HL. Brigham and Women's Hospital Handbook of Diagnostic Imaging. Chapter 35. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acute Spinal Cord Compression

acute pulmonary alveolitis
acute pulmonary eosinophilia
acute pyelonephritis
acute radiation syndrome
acute reflex bone atrophy
acute rejection
acute renal failure
acute respiratory failure
acute rheumatic arthritis
acute rhinitis
acute rickets
acute schizophrenia
acute schizophrenic episode
acute sedge
acute situational reaction
acute spinal cord compression (current term)
acute splenic tumour
acute stress reaction
acute toxicity
acute transverse myelitis
acute triangle
acute triangles
acute trypanosomiasis
acute tuberculosis
acute tubular necrosis
acute ulcerative gingivitis
acute urethral syndrome
acute urticaria
acute vascular occlusion

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