[Current possibilities of the comprehensive diagnostic assessment in the differential diagnosis of inflammation and tumors of the spine cord]

L N Prakhova; Zh I Savintseva; A F Gurchin; A G Il'ves; E S Malakhova; T S Matveeva; Iu V Nazinkina; N A Totolian; T N Trofimova

[Current possibilities of the comprehensive diagnostic assessment in the differential diagnosis of inflammation and tumors of the spine cord]

Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2012;112(9 Pt 2):87-94.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

L N Prakhova, Zh I Savintseva, A F Gurchin, A G Il'ves, E S Malakhova, T S Matveeva, Iu V Nazinkina, N A Totolian, T N Trofimova

PMID: 23235428

Abstract

The article discusses the differential diagnosis of transverse myelitis. An algorithm for the assessment of patients was given. The authors present two clinical examples demonstrating the role of the integrated neuroradiological approach in the differential diagnosis of difficult cases.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Middle Aged
Myelitis, Transverse / diagnostic imaging*
Neuroradiography / methods
Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging*
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
Young Adult