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spinal shock

Etiology: - spinal cord compression Pathology: - acute distruction of spinal cord at 1 or more cervical spine or thoracic spine levels Clinical manifestations: - paralysis below the level of the lesion - sphincter dysfunction with loss of bowel & bladder function - hypotonia & areflexia below the level of the lesion - autonomic dysfunction below the level of the lesion - hypotension - no Babinski sign

General

spinal cord disease; myelopathy (disease/disorder primarily affecting spinal cord)

References

  1. Ropper AE, Ropper AH. Acute Spinal Cord Compression. N Engl J Med 2017; 376:1358-1369. April 6, 2017 PMID: 28379788 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1516539