TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Fall with acute traumatic central cord syndrome in an older patient
JO  - Age and ageing
A1  - Gana, Wassim
A1  - Acko, Ubrich
A1  - Simionca, Dana
A1  - Acko-Ohui, Estelle
A1  - Debacq, Camille
A1  - Aidoud, Amal
A1  - Fougère, Bertrand
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - During hospitalization following a fall, an 85-year-old woman suffered upper limb motor impairments up to grade 4 according to the Medical Research Council scale. Cervical spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging revealed an intramedullary hypersignal on the sagittal Short Tau Inversion Recovery sequences from C3 to C4 indicating a centromedullary contusion following hyperextensional trauma (figure 1).     Falls may cause spinal cord injuries, particularly in older patients [1] with cervical osteoarthritis, cervical spine stenosis, calcification of posterior longitudinal ligament or discs herniation [2].     In paucisymptomatic forms without...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-0729
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab069
ID  - ref1
ER  -