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III./8.1.: Classification of disorders of the vertebral column and the spinal cord

This chapter summarizes the diseases of the vertebral column and the spinal cord according to the following classification.

Classification based on the origin of disorders:

1. Developmental malformations of the spinal cord 2. Spinal trauma

3. Vascular diseases of the spinal cord

4. Inflammatory disorders of the vertebral column and the spinal cord

5. Metabolic myelopathies

6. Degenerative disorders of the spine 7. Spinal tumors

Different anatomical parts of the spine may be affected by a disease

Some of these disorders may involve several anatomical structures of the spine (e.g. degenerative diseases may simultaneously affect the vertebrae, the intervertebral discs, the facet joints, and the ligaments).

Others affect only one structural unit (e.g. myelopathy is the disease of the spinal cord).

Disorders of the vertebral column may lead to the secondary damage of the spinal cord and nerve roots, whereas primary spinal cord diseases rarely affect the vertebrae or the intervertebral discs.

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