Anterior Cord Syndrome

Nervous system Anterior spinal cord syndrome is a rare condition involving weakness or paralysis of the extremities, often accompanied by pain, frequently without a history of trauma. A case has been attributed to atenolol [5 ]. 

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Isolated affection of the spinal cord in PNS is rare. Most often, myelitis is part of the PEM syndrome, with accompanying symptoms from other parts of the nervous system and signs of intrathecal inflammation, such as elevated protein and moderate pleocytosis in the CSF. The myelitis can involve both anterior and posterior columns and can be localized to a few segments or extend to the whole cord [42],... 

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