Long Tract Signs Medical

Cervical Myelopathy - Spine - Orthobullets

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The condition most commonly presents in older patients with symmetric numbness and tingling in the extremities, hand clumsiness, and gait imbalance. Treatment is usually surgical decompression and …

Myelopathy - Physiopedia

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Myelopathy - Neurosurgery | UCLA Health

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Myelopathy refers to a dysfunction of the long tracts of the spinal cord. Myelopathy develops in 5-10 percent of patients with symptomatic stenosis (spondylosis) of the cervical spine. …

The Three Long Tracts and Spinal Cord Lesions

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The three long tracts are the (1) corticospinal, (2) dorsal columns, and (3) spinothalamic. The corticospinal tract is a descending or motor pathway, and the dorsal …

Cervical Myelopathy - Practical Neurology

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The inclusion of the term “spondylotic” into “cervical spondylotic” myelopathy reflects the fact that myelopathy, or dysfunction of the spinal cord, is often times associated with and …

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) - Symptoms and causes

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Common signs and symptoms of BPH include: Frequent or urgent need to urinate Increased frequency of urination at night (nocturia) Difficulty starting urination Weak urine stream or a stream that stops and …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) - Symptoms and causes

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Urine that appears red, bright pink or cola-colored — signs of blood in the urine; Strong-smelling urine; Pelvic pain, in women — especially in the center of the pelvis and around the area of the pubic bone; In older …

Severe cervical flexion myelopathy with long tract signs: …

https://www.nature.com/articles/scsandc201716

However, there were several reported cases showing mild, long tract signs such as hyperreflexia of the lower extremities, while only four cases showed gait disturbance. 5,14,29,34

Re: what are long tract signs - madsci.org

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Long-tract signs refer to symptoms that are attributable to the involvemnet of the long fiber tracts in the spinal cord, which connect the spinal cord to the brain and …

Severe cervical flexion myelopathy with long tract signs: …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28503323/

Severe cervical flexion myelopathy with long tract signs: a case report and a review of literature Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2017 May 11;3:17016. doi: …