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MYELOPATHIE [3 records]

Record 1 2012-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Any disease or dysfunction of the spinal cord.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Toute affection de la moelle épinière.

CONT

Myélopathies cervicarthrosiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
DEF

Alteración funcional, cambio patológico o lesión no específica de la médula espinal.

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Record 2 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Entrapment and compressive neuropathies. The peripheral nerves are vulnerable to chronic compression or entrapment in a variety of sites. The most frequently encountered are median nerve compression at the wrist within the carpal tunnel (carpal tunnel syndrome); median nerve compression in the upper forearm; ulnar nerve compression in the hand (cubital tunnel syndrome), wrist, or at the elbow (tardy ulnar nerve palsy); tibial nerve compression behind the medial malleolus (tarsal tunnel syndrome); and peroneal nerve compression over the lateral fibular head.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Morton (Maladie de). Douleur métatarsienne engendrée par une fibrose des fibres nerveuses inter-métatarsiennes due à une compression chronique.

CONT

L'IRM [l'imagerie par résonance magnétique] est indispensable à distance en cas de myélopathie secondaire par compression chronique de la moelle.

OBS

Référence de l’exemple : Traumatismes rachidiens et médullaires. C. Manelfe, I. Berry, A. Bonafe. Hôpital Purpan - Toulouse.

Spanish

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Record 3 1990-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Paralysis of both arms and legs with increased muscular tone and hyperactive deep tendon reflexes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
CONT

Les signes cliniques [de myélopathie de la cervicarthrose] sont habituellement ceux d’une quadriplégie spasmodique, inconstamment associés à des troubles de la sensibilité et à des signes radiculaires cervicaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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