| Literature DB >> 22470782 |
María Catalina Vargas1, Mauricio Castillo.
Abstract
Hirayama disease (HD) is a rare type of cervical myelopathy related to flexion of the neck characterized by progressive muscular weakness and atrophy of the distal upper limbs most frequently seen in young males. HD is thought to be secondary to an abnormal anterior displacement of the posterior dura with secondary compression of the lower cervical spinal cord and chronic injury to the anterior gray matter horns. We present two patients with HD and discuss its pathophysiology and imaging characteristics.Entities:
Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; spinal cord compression; spinal muscular atrophy
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22470782 PMCID: PMC3303436 DOI: 10.3941/jrcr.v5i3.602
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Radiol Case Rep ISSN: 1943-0922