| SYMPOSIUM - CERVICAL SPONDYLOMYELOPATHY |
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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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Imaging in cervical myelopathy
Rajavelu Rajesh, Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Sri Vijayanand
Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran
Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 5 |
DOI: 10.4103/isj.isj_63_18
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This is a narrative review. The objective of this study is to provide an overview on the imaging modalities and their utilization in cervical myelopathy (CM). Using PubMed, studies published on the “imaging modalities in CM,” “cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) imaging,” “computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in CM,” “imaging in ossified posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL),” “dural ossification in OPLL,” “diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in CSM,” and “dynamic MRI, functional MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in CSM” were evaluated. The review addresses the evaluation of CM with various imaging modalities ranging from radiographs, CT, and MRI to advanced imaging techniques such as DTI and MRS. Each investigation contributes specific detail to the disease process in a different dimension. Specific parameters for CSM and OPLL, and their influence on outcome are discussed. Imaging in CM plays an important role in analyzing the cause of myelopathy, defining the level of the lesion, parameters to assess the time of intervention and to predict the outcome.
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