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PubMed1995

[Unilateral, paramedian spinal contusion after athletic injury with complete recovery].

The acute injury of the spinal column and the spinal cord asks for immediate diagnostic techniques and adequate therapeutical intensive care in order to secure the possibility of a maximum of neurologic recovery. An impact trauma of the spinal cord in sports accidents can cause an incomplete paraplegia. In some cases, morphologic lesions of the myelon cannot be detected. We present an exceptional and striking case of a 15-year old young woman who suffered from a contusio spinalis after high jump with the clinical signs of an incomplete, sensomotoric paraplegia which showed a strictly unilateral and paramedian border at the right side of her body for about two weeks. Additionally, the diagnostic possibilities of physical examination, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography and neurophysiologic diagnostic techniques in detecting spinal cord injuries are demonstrated.

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[Spinal contusion after trauma to the cervical spine--relevance of the sagittal diameter of the spinal canal].

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between spinal stenosis and cervical myelopathy. Furthermore it was to investigate whether there is a correlation between spinal stenosis and progression of neurologic symptoms? PATIENTS AND METHODS: Using the Pavlov ratio method, we compared 14 patients with a contusio spinalis with 14 patients who suffered from a distortion of the cervical spine. This ratio is calculated by the sagittal diameter of the spinal canal with the anteroposterior width of the vertebral body. RESULTS: In eight patients with a contusio spinalis, there was a spinal stenosis, while there was none in the distortion group. The remaining patients with a contusio had severe degenerative changes in routine roentgenograms of the cervical spine. The Pavlov ratio was statistically significant reduced in the contusio group. After 8.5 days there was a complete regression of neurologic symptoms, whereas in 4 patients there was no full recovery. CONCLUSION: To conclude we demonstrated that a spinal stenosis promotes a contusio spinalis but there is no evidence that the Pavlov ratio allows statements concerning the progression of the injury.

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PubMed1991

[Contusion-induced traumatic aniridia].

Total aniridia occurred after a severe blow on the eyeball of a 65 year old man. The entire iris was torn off the ciliary body and escaped out of the eye through a small corneal wound. The zonular fibres were found to be intact and the posterior parts of the eye showed no traumatic changes.

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PubMed2000

Cytoskeletal disruption following contusion injury to the rat spinal cord.

Following experimental spinal cord injury (SCI), there is a delayed loss of neurofilament proteins but relatively little is known regarding the status of other cytoskeletal elements. The purpose of the present study was to compare the extent and time course of the MAP2 loss with that of neurofilament proteins, and to examine tau protein levels and distribution following SCI. Within 1 to 6 hours following SCI, there is rapid loss of MAP2, tau, and nonphosphorylated neurofilament proteins at the injury site. In contrast, the loss of phosphorylated neurofilament proteins was not significant until 1 week postinjury. In addition to the loss of MAP2 protein, there was extensive beading of MAP2-immunoreactive dendrites extending into the white matter. This was most pronounced 1 hour after injury and gradually resolved such that beading was no longer evident 2 weeks after SCI. The time course of beading resolution is similar to that of behavioral recovery following SCI, but the functional significance of the beading remains to be determined. Together, these results demonstrate that there are 2 phases of cytoskeletal disruption following SCI; a rapid loss of MAP2, tau, and nonphosphorylated neurofilament proteins, and a delayed loss of phosphorylated neurofilaments.

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