PubMed Health⌕ Search
Home/Archive/PubMed

PubMed · 1131740

Isolated spinal cord arteritis.

T E Feasby·G G Ferguson·J C Kaufmann
View original source ↗Export metadata ↓

Abstract

This patient presented as a subacute progressive cervical myelopathy and the differential diagnosis included cervical spondylotic myelopathy and intramedullary mass. Microscopically, vascular lesions plus a patchy myelomalacia indicated a vasculitis. However, there was no suggestion of a generalized vasculitis at autopsy and the only supporting laboratory study was a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. It would seem that a vasculitis similar to polyarteritis nodosa or other collagen disease may be confined to the spinal cord.

Explore related subjects

ArteritisAutopsyFemaleHumansLaminectomyMiddle AgedMyelographySpinal CordSpinal Cord DiseasesJournal Article

Keep this discovery

Explore connections, maps & timelines

BibTeXRIS

T E Feasby, G G Ferguson, J C Kaufmann. 1975. Isolated spinal cord arteritis.. https://doi.org/10.1017/s031716710002014x

Cite the original work for its findings. Save a collection to share your selection of sources.

KEEP EXPLORING

Related citations

PubMed2007

Nosology of primary vasculitis.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Recent developments in the nosology of primary systemic vasculitis are placed in the context of an historical overview. The ongoing attempts to develop criteria for classification and diagnosis are discussed. RECENT FINDINGS: Giant cell arteritis has supplanted temporal arteritis as the preferred term for chronic granulomatous arteritis in older adults. A new classification system for childhood vasculitis has been proposed by a European collaborative group. A study of idiopathic polyarteritis nodosa demonstrates greater similarity to microscopic polyangiitis in relapse rate than previously reported. Controversy has arisen over the eponym Wegener's granulomatosis because of alleged involvement of Friedrich Wegener in the Nazi regime during World War II. Diagnostic criteria for Kawasaki disease are problematic because many patients with coronary artery involvement do not fulfill current criteria at the time of presentation. Classification of antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibody-associated small vessel vasculitis based on antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibody specificity has been complicated by the finding that different ethnic groups may have very different clinical features relative to antigen specificity; for example, most patients with Wegener's granulomatosis in China have myeloperoxidase-antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibodies rather than proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibodies. SUMMARY: Within the past year, new classification systems for primary vasculitis have been proposed, new classification criteria have been developed, and the appropriateness of a longstanding eponym has been challenged.

Arteritis↗
PubMed2006

Adventitial inflammation: a possible pathogenic link to the instability of atherosclerotic plaque.

A variety of cells, including fibroblasts, mast cells, macrophages, and ganglionic cells, are present in coronary artery adventitia. In the infarct-related coronary arteries of myocardial infarction patients, the majority of mast cells are found in the outer layer of the adventitia. Neurogenic stimulation of mast cells in the adventitia of coronary arteries may release vasoactive compounds, such as histamine and leukotrienes, which can contribute to the complex neurohormonal response that leads to abnormal coronary vasoconstriction. Lymphocytes and bacteria are also present mainly in the adventitial layer. Chlamydia pneumoniae is directly involved in the development of adventitial and plaque inflammation (pan-arteritis), leading to plaque rupture. Adventitial O(2)(-) may also play an extensive role in the control of vascular tone. Therefore, adventitial inflammation may play a pivotal role for atherosclerotic lesion development and atheroma instability.

Arteritis↗
PubMed2006

Correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer and visual field in eyes with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.

PURPOSE: To evaluate correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness with visual field (VF) sensitivities in eyes with nonartertic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). DESIGN: Case-control study in an academic, institutional setting. METHODS: One eye from 21 patients with NAION and 32 healthy participants were included in this prospective study. Humphrey visual field (HVF) sensitivities were obtained from standard achromatic HVF test (24-2 SITA). RNFL was measured with scanning laser polarimetry (SLP, GDx-VCC) and optical coherence tomography (OCT, StratusOCT). Correlations were evaluated between RNFL and sensitivities from global, hemifields, and regional locations of the VF pertinent to the RNFL distribution. A total of 15 NAION eyes had inferior altitudinal HVF defects, and their global and regional RNFL was compared with that of control eyes. The main outcome measure was correlation between HVF sensitivities and RNFL. RESULTS: Correlations of global, hemifield, and sectorial HVF sensitivities with RNFL were greater when RNFL was measured with OCT than with SLP, except for nasal and inferonasal sectors. RNFL thickness was far lower in the hemiretinas corresponding to the relative unaffected hemifield in eyes with altitudinal VF defect compared with controls. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with NAION, RNFL measured by OCT provided better correlation to HVF changes than SLP did. Both instruments showed decreased RNFL in NAION eyes with altitudinal VF defects compared with control eyes, demonstrating loss of RNFL even in sectors of the optic disk that corresponded to relatively unaffected hemifield, suggesting greater damage beyond the extent estimated by VF methods.

Arteritis↗