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Vol. 62. Issue 6.
Pages 464-480 (November - December 2020)
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Vol. 62. Issue 6.
Pages 464-480 (November - December 2020)
Update in Radiology
Clinical-radiological approach to nontraumatic myelopathy
Enfoque clínico-radiológico de la mielopatía no traumática
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I. Herrera Herreraa,
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Isabel.herherrera@gmail.com

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, I. Garrido Morroa, J. Guzmán de Villoria Lebiedziejewskia,b,c, C. Ordoñez Gonzálezd, À. Rovirae
a Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
b CIBER de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Madrid, Spain
c Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
d Servicio de Radiodiagnóstico, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
e Sección de Neuroradiología (Servicio de Radiología), Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Diseases of the spinal cord often have devastating consequences and imaging studies are indispensable for their diagnosis. The fundamental imaging technique to evaluate these diseases is magnetic resonance imaging of the spine. The diagnostic approach must be based on the clinical context, the time elapsed since the onset of symptoms and signs, and the imaging findings; for this reason, it sometimes necessary to broaden the study to include the brain. The first step in the diagnostic algorithm is to rule out spinal cord compression before evaluating other causes of myelopathy, which sometimes has multiple causes. This paper includes a broad review of the different diseases that can cause myelopathy, their imaging manifestations, their differential diagnoses, and diagnostic algorithms. Using an appropriate radiological approach will result in better management and prognosis of these patients.

Keywords:
Myelopathy
Transverse myelitis
Diseases of the spinal cord
Magnetic resonance imaging
Spinal cord compression
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Las enfermedades de la médula espinal tienen con frecuencia consecuencias devastadoras y su estudio radiológico es indispensable para su diagnóstico. La técnica de imagen fundamental para su valoración es la resonancia magnética espinal y el enfoque diagnóstico debe basarse en el contexto clínico, el tiempo de evolución y los hallazgos radiológicos, por lo que es necesario en algunos casos la ampliación del estudio a la región cerebral. El primer paso en el algoritmo diagnóstico debe ser excluir la compresión medular antes de valorar otras causas de mielopatía, entre las que se incluyen múltiples etiologías. Este artículo incluye una amplia revisión de las diferentes patologías que pueden producir mielopatías, sus manifestaciones radiológicas, diagnósticos diferenciales y algoritmos diagnósticos. Un adecuado enfoque por parte del radiólogo repercutirá en un mejor manejo y pronóstico de estos pacientes.

Palabras clave:
Mielopatía
Mielitis transversa
Enfermedades de la médula espinal
Imagen por resonancia magnética
Compresión de la médula

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