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Descriptor English: Spinal Cord Compression
Descriptor Spanish: Compresión de la Médula Espinal
Descriptor compresión de la médula espinal
Entry term(s) compresión medular
mielopatía compresiva
síndrome del cono medular
Scope note: Afecciones agudas y crónicas que se caracterizan por compresión mecánica externa de la MÉDULA ESPINAL producidas por neoplasias extramedulares, ABSCESOS EPIDURALES, FRACTURAS ESPINALES, deformaciones óseas de los cuerpos vertebrales y otras afecciones. Las manifestaciones clínicas varían según la localización anatómica de la lesión y pueden incluir dolor localizado, debilidad, pérdida sensitiva, incontinencia e impotencia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Compressão da Medula Espinal
Descriptor French: Syndrome de compression médullaire
Entry term(s): Compression, Spinal Cord
Compressions, Spinal Cord
Compressive Myelopathy
Conus Medullaris Syndrome
Conus Medullaris Syndromes
Extramedullary Spinal Cord Compression
Myelopathy, Compressive
Spinal Cord Compression, Extramedullary
Spinal Cord Compressions
Syndrome, Conus Medullaris
Syndromes, Conus Medullaris
Tree number(s): C10.228.854.761
C26.819.678
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013117
Scope note: Acute and chronic conditions characterized by external mechanical compression of the SPINAL CORD due to extramedullary neoplasm; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; bony deformities of the vertebral bodies; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations vary with the anatomic site of the lesion and may include localized pain, weakness, sensory loss, incontinence, and impotence.
Annotation: coord IM with specific vertebrae (NIM) to locate site on spinal cord; not for "cauda equina syndrome": use CAUDA EQUINA (IM) + NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 13500
Unique ID: D013117
NLM Classification: WL 402
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Spinal Cord Compression - Preferred
Concept UI M0020310
Scope note Acute and chronic conditions characterized by external mechanical compression of the SPINAL CORD due to extramedullary neoplasm; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; SPINAL FRACTURES; bony deformities of the vertebral bodies; and other conditions. Clinical manifestations vary with the anatomic site of the lesion and may include localized pain, weakness, sensory loss, incontinence, and impotence.
Preferred term Spinal Cord Compression
Entry term(s) Compression, Spinal Cord
Compressions, Spinal Cord
Compressive Myelopathy
Extramedullary Spinal Cord Compression
Myelopathy, Compressive
Spinal Cord Compression, Extramedullary
Spinal Cord Compressions
Conus Medullaris Syndrome - Narrower
Concept UI M0336081
Preferred term Conus Medullaris Syndrome
Entry term(s) Conus Medullaris Syndromes
Syndrome, Conus Medullaris
Syndromes, Conus Medullaris



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