Spinal stenosis causes
NOTOC__ Template:Spinal Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]
Overview
Common causes of spinal stenosis include trauma, primary or metastatic spinal tumor, intervertebral disk herniation, epidural abscess, and epidural hematoma.
Causes
Common causes of acute spinal stenosis include [1]
- Trauma
- Tumor (primary or secondary)[2]
- Secondary tumors: lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, or renal cancer. Sarcoma, myeloma, leukemia, thyroid cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, and gastrointestinal malignancies can also cause spinal stenosis
- Intervertebral disk disease
- Scoliosis
- Vertebral compression fractures
- Epidural abscess
- Epidural hematoma[3][4]
Less common causes are:
References
- ↑ Kirshblum SC, Burns SP, Biering-Sorensen F, Donovan W, Graves DE, Jha A, Johansen M, Jones L, Krassioukov A, Mulcahey MJ, Schmidt-Read M, Waring W (2011). "International standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury (revised 2011)". J Spinal Cord Med. 34 (6): 535–46. doi:10.1179/204577211X13207446293695. PMC 3232636. PMID 22330108.
- ↑ Kumar S, Wanchu A, Sharma A, Mukherjee K, Radotra BD, Gupta V, Singh S (2010). "Spinal stenosis caused by anaplastic large cell lymphoma in an HIV infected individual". J Cancer Res Ther. 6 (3): 376–8. doi:10.4103/0973-1482.73358. PMID 21119283.
- ↑ Castel E, Lazennec JY, Chiras J, Enkaoua E, Saillant G (1999). "Acute spinal stenosis due to intraspinal bleeding from a vertebral hemangioma: two case-reports". Eur Spine J. 8 (3): 244–8. PMC 3611171. PMID 10413354.
- ↑ Templin CR, Stambough JB, Stambough JL (2004). "Acute spinal stenosis caused by vertebral hemangioma". Spine J. 4 (5): 595–600. doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2003.08.034. PMID 15363434.