Table 28.2.
Causes of chronic spinal cord compression

Diseases of the vertebral column

 

Common

 

  Metastatic carcinoma

 

  Cervical spondylosis/disc protrusion

 

  Traumatic fracture dislocation

 

Less common

 

  Primary vertebral neoplasms

 

  Sarcoma

 

  Myeloma

 

  Osteoma

 

  Chordoma

 

  Haemangioma

 

  Vertebral infections

 

  Tuberculosis

 

  Staphylococcal osteomyelitis

 

  Syphilitic osteitis

 

  Craniocervical junction abnormalities

 

  Rheumatoid atlantoaxial subluxation/pannus

 

  Paget’s disease

 

Rare

 

  Achondroplasia

 

  Mucopolysaccharidosis

 

  Juvenile osteochondritis

 

  Thalassaemia

Other causes within the spinal canal

 

  Extradural abscess

 

  Metastatic infection

 

  Vertebral osteitis

 

  Arachnoiditis

 

  Syphilis

 

  Tuberculosis

 

  Sarcoidosis

 

  Meningeal infiltration

 

  Lymphoma

 

  Leukaemia

 

  Arachnoidal cysts

 

  Parasitic cysts

 

  Hydatid

 

  Cysticercos

 

  Extramedullary tumours

 

  Intramedullary tumours

 

  Dural herniation of the spinal cord

Diseases of the vertebral column

 

Common

 

  Metastatic carcinoma

 

  Cervical spondylosis/disc protrusion

 

  Traumatic fracture dislocation

 

Less common

 

  Primary vertebral neoplasms

 

  Sarcoma

 

  Myeloma

 

  Osteoma

 

  Chordoma

 

  Haemangioma

 

  Vertebral infections

 

  Tuberculosis

 

  Staphylococcal osteomyelitis

 

  Syphilitic osteitis

 

  Craniocervical junction abnormalities

 

  Rheumatoid atlantoaxial subluxation/pannus

 

  Paget’s disease

 

Rare

 

  Achondroplasia

 

  Mucopolysaccharidosis

 

  Juvenile osteochondritis

 

  Thalassaemia

Other causes within the spinal canal

 

  Extradural abscess

 

  Metastatic infection

 

  Vertebral osteitis

 

  Arachnoiditis

 

  Syphilis

 

  Tuberculosis

 

  Sarcoidosis

 

  Meningeal infiltration

 

  Lymphoma

 

  Leukaemia

 

  Arachnoidal cysts

 

  Parasitic cysts

 

  Hydatid

 

  Cysticercos

 

  Extramedullary tumours

 

  Intramedullary tumours

 

  Dural herniation of the spinal cord

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