Cervical spondylosis is an osteoarthritis of the cervical vertebrae causing stenosis of the spinal canal and sometimes cervical myelopathy due to the impact of bone osteoarthritic sprouting (osteophytes) on the lower cervical segments of the spinal cord, sometimes involving neighboring cervical roots (radiculomyelopathy).
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease that causes damage mediated by cytokines, chemokines and metalloproteases.
Atlanto-axial subluxation is the inability between the first and second cervical vertebrae, which can occur only when the neck is bent.
The English-language literature uses the term "failed back surgery syndrome" (FBSS), a syndrome of an unsuccessful operation on the spine, which is defined as prolonged or recurring chronic pain in the lower back and / or in the legs after an anatomically successful spinal surgery.
Arterio-venous malformations inside or around the spinal cord can cause spinal cord compression, parenchymal hemorrhage, subarchnoid hemorrhage, or a combination of these phenomena.
Spinal cord infarction is usually caused by damage to the extarvertebral arteries. Symptoms include sudden and severe back pain, bilateral flaccid paresis of the limbs, a decrease in sensitivity, in particular pain and temperature.
Spinal subdural or epidural hematoma is the accumulation of blood in the subdural or epidural space, which can cause compression of the spinal cord.
Recommendations of the united working groups of the North American Spine Society, the American Society of Spine Radiology and the American Society of Neuroradiology,
Pain in the back and / or in the leg can be a symptom of diseases: systemic, visceral, vascular, neurological disorders. Pseudospinal pain is not uncommon
The desire to fully examine a patient often leads doctors to designate studies that duplicate each other in the nature of the information received.