Значения термина thoracic cord на английском

Intervention: Magnetic resonance imaging revealed impingement on the thoracic cord by a mass.

Neurological examination revealed paraplegia, total sensory loss down from the level of the sixth thoracic cord and sphincteric disturbances.

A 77-year-old woman developed recurrent transverse myelopathy of the thoracic cord about a year after acute retrobulbar optic neuropathy on the left.

Three years later, MRI demonstrated a severe longitudinal and segmental atrophy of the mid to low thoracic cord which resulted in transverse spinal signs.

The corresponding relationships in the thoracic cord are unknown owing to technical difficulties in assessing GM and WM compartments by conventional magnetic resonance imaging techniques.

Tumors extended into the cervical cord in 13 patients, the thoracic cord in 7 patients, and the conus medullaris in 6 patients.

Thoracic cord GM areas were correlated with lower limb function.

Conclusions and relevance: Thoracic cord GM atrophy can be detected in vivo in the absence of WM atrophy in RMS.