Spinal cord compression

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• Causes

  • Spinal trauma
  • Spinal cord tumour
  • Intervertebral disc herniation
  • Spinal abscess
  • Potts disease of the spine
  • Dislocation of odontoid peg
  • Vertebral body fracture

• Effects

  • Myelopathy
  • Froin syndrome
  • Back pain

• Parents

  • Spinal cord pathology