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Blood Supply to the human spinal cord: Part II. Imaging and pathology
Author(s) -
Bosmia Anand N.,
Tubbs R. Shane,
Hogan Elizabeth,
Bohnstedt Bradley N.,
D Andrew J.,
Loukas Marios,
CohenGadol Aaron A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22284
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , blood supply , modalities , pathology , anastomosis , radiology , surgery , social science , psychiatry , sociology
The blood supply of the spinal cord is a complex system based on multilevel sources and anastomoses. Diseases often affect this vascular supply and imaging has been developed that better investigates these structures. The authors review the literature regarding pathology and imaging modalities for the blood supply of the spinal cord. Knowledge of the disease processes and imaging modalities used to investigate these arterial lesions of the spinal cord will assist the clinician when treating patients with spinal cord lesions. Clin. Anat. 28:65–74, 2015. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.