The Caudal End of the Spinal Cord
The Caudal End of the Spinal Cord
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脊髓尾端
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1965
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M. Roth
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M. Roth
The ventral subarachnoid space is normally uniform in width except for a gradual narrowing at the level of the lumbar intumescence which is curved slightly ventrally. The dorsal subarachnoid space is much less distinctly outlined since the cord tends to run nearer the dorsal wall of the membranous sac, especially in the lower thoracic region. The anatomical background of this arrangement was described in a previous communication ( R O T H 1965) and was explained essentially by developmental factors. The cord in hyperkyphosis may lie nearer the ventral wall of the sac at the level of the maximum convexity so that the ventral subarachnoid space appears correspondingly narrower. Gas myelography was indicated to exclude the presence of a tumor in several cases presenting clinical signs of a lesion in the lower dorsal spinal segments. The main signs consisted in slowly progressive spastic paraparesis, hypoesthesia below the level of D8 to D12 and bladder disturbances. The laboratory findings were mostly negative. (The clinical findings will be reSubmitted for publication 27 June 1963.