Piriformis Syndrome in Fibromyalgia: Clinical Diagnosis and Successful Treatment by Md Abu Bakar Siddiq, Moshiur Rahman Khasru, Johannes J. Rasker

“…In severe cases the clinical features of piriformis syndrome are primarily due to spasm of the piriformis muscle and irritation of the underlying sciatic nerve but this mysterious clinical scenario is also described in lumbar spinal canal stenosis, leg length discrepancy, piriformis myofascial pain syndrome, following vaginal delivery, and anomalous piriformis muscle or sciatic nerve. …”
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Atypical Aggressive Hemangioma of Thoracic Vertebrae Associated With Thoracic Myelopathy—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Krishna Timilsina, Sandesh Shrestha, Om Prakash Bhatta, Sushil Paudel, Rajesh Bahadur Lakhey, Rohit Kumar Pokharel

“…Aggressive thoracic hemangiomas are rare, benign tumors that extend into the spinal canal and cause neurological symptoms. Delayed diagnosis and treatment, due to a paucity of literature on optimal treatment strategies, can increase morbidity. …”
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Spinal Exostosis in a Boy with Multiple Hereditary Exostoses by Ali Al Kaissi, Rudolf Ganger, Klaus Klaushofer, Franz Grill

“…We report on a 13-year-old boy who presented with multiple hereditary exostosis and had development of back pain, associated with neurological deficits, and was found to have exostoses in the spinal canal. Spine radiograph showed a cauliflower-like abnormality of multiple exostoses of the posterior arch (pedicle) of the thoracic vertebrae (T3–5). …”
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Postoperative COVID-19 Pneumonia following Resection of a Large Thoracic Chondrosarcoma by Austin C. Kaidi, Michael B. Held, Paul J. Park, Wakenda K. Tyler

“…A 57-year-old man presenting with two months of insidious shoulder pain was found to have a large thoracic chondrosarcoma invading the spinal canal. The patient’s orthopedic oncologist organized an interdisciplinary team including interventional radiology, thoracic surgery, neurosurgery, and plastic surgery. …”
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A Technical Nuance to Avoid Lumbar Five Radiculopathy with Anterior Lumbar Fusion and Posterior Instrumentation by Matthew T. Neal, Maziyar A. Kalani, Mark K. Lyons

“…Because the interbody device can restore disk and foraminal height, one benefit of the ALIF procedure is indirect neural decompression in the spinal canal and neural foramina. If the contour of the posterior rod is not matched to the exact position of the tulip heads on the pedicle screws, spondylolisthesis can be introduced, leading to foraminal stenosis and nerve compression. …”
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Unexpected High Sensory Blockade during Continuous Spinal Anesthesiology (CSA) in an Elderly Patient by R. Ketelaars, A. P. Wolff

“…We have described a potentially dangerous complication of flushing a bupivacaine-filled system into the spinal canal of an elderly patient resulting in an undesirable high sensory blockade.…”
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CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN MALIGNANT SPINAL TUMORS: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS by Marcelo Diniz de Menezes, Mariana Demétrio de Sousa Pontes, Carlos Fernando Pereira da Silva Herrero

“…The most commonly used surgical approach was the posterior access, including pedicle fixation and decompression of the spinal canal. The most prevalent complication observed was infection. …”
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Anterior-to-Posterior Migration of a Lumbar Disc Sequestration: Surgical Remarks and Technical Notes about a Tailored Microsurgical Discectomy by Alessandro Frati, Alessandro Pesce, Mauro Palmieri, Tommaso Vangelista, Riccardo Caruso, Maurizio Salvati, Antonino Raco

“…Extrusion of disc material within the spinal canal complicates up to 28.6% of lumbar disc herniations. …”
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Identification of the Causative Disease of Intermittent Claudication through Walking Motion Analysis: Feature Analysis and Differentiation by Tetsuyou Watanabe, Takeshi Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Yasumitsu Toribatake

“…Unfortunately, this symptom predominantly arises from not 1 but 2 different diseases: LSS (lumber spinal canal stenosis) and PAD (peripheral arterial disease). …”
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Functional and Radiological Outcome of Surgical Management in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis – A Comparative Study by Makesh Ram Sriraghavan, Kandasamy Natesan, Pavalan Louis, Harish Shanmugam Punniakotti, Naveen Venkidusamy, Namala Sai Vinay Bharadwaj

“…Background: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a clinical syndrome with neurogenic claudication, low back ache, with radiating pain to lower limbs, due to a decrease in spinal canal dimensions. Degeneration is the most common etiology, resulting due to facet joint arthropathy and intervertebral disc protrusion. …”
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Decision-making in clinical diagnostic for brain tumor detection based on advanced machine ‎learning algorithm‎ by Huang Tangsen, Yin Xiangdong, Jiang Ensong

“…Brain tumors, abnormal growths in the brain or spinal canal, can be benign or malignant, causing symptoms like headaches, seizures, and cognitive decline by disrupting brain function. …”
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Melanotic Schwannomas Are Rarely Seen Pigmented Tumors with Unpredictable Prognosis and Challenging Diagnosis by Elif Keskin, Sumeyye Ekmekci, Ozgur Oztekin, Gulden Diniz

“…MS most frequently involves intracranial structures followed by posterior nerve roots in the spinal canal. Approximately 50% of the cases with MS have psammomatous calcifications and this type of MS is related to Carney complex with autosomal dominant inheritance. …”
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presenting Initially as Spinal Cord Compression: When Chemotherapy Alone Is Enough by Albert Jang, Kallie N. Kram, Scott N. Berger, Mahmoud R. Gaballa, Lee B. Lu, David R. Dunaway, Courtney N. Miller-Chism

“…Radiologic examination revealed two soft tissue masses of the thoracic spine associated with compression fractures causing spinal canal narrowing and cord compression. Bone marrow biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of ALL. …”
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Noninvasive Monitoring of Pneumococcal Meningitis and Evaluation of Treatment Efficacy in an Experimental Mouse Model by Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Kshitij Modi, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, Carlos Orihuela, Elaine Tuomanen, Anthony F. Purchio, Pamela R. Contag

“…After 24 hr, animals showed strong bioluminescent signals throughout the spinal canal, indicating acute meningitis of the intracranial and intraspinal meninges. …”
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ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY FOR TREATING SPINAL STENOSIS: AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS by Rafael Augusto da Silva Aparício, Rodrigo Freitas Maringoni de Oliveira, Felipe de Almeida Pinto, Carlos Gorios, Lorran Azevedo Zanon, Alessandra Masi

“…ABSTRACT Background: Spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal which can generate clinical symptoms secondary to the spinal cord injury itself, or even root involvement. …”
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Candida tropicalis spondylitis in a non-tropical immunocompetent patient: a case report and review of the literature by Hong Yang, Xin Wang, Weijian Zhu, Bei Zhou

“…MRI fluid sequences revealed lamellar enhancement of the L4-5 vertebral bodies, narrowing of the intervertebral space, peripheral soft tissue edema, and spinal canal compression. After 3 weeks of empirical anti-tuberculosis therapy, the patient’s symptoms did not improve, prompting posterior lesion debridement and autologous iliac bone grafting with pedicle screw fixation. …”
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Spinal ischemia: the rehabilitation potential. А clinical case by Svetlana I. Tolstaya, Vladimir V. Belopasov, Evgeny V. Chechukhin

“…The reasons for its development can include vascular malfomations, spinal stroke, extra- and intramedullary tumors, compression of the spinal cord in cases of vertebral fractures, intervertebral disc herniations, stenosis of the spinal canal at the cervical segment, medical manipulations and impaired segmental circulation during the anesthesia, lumbar puncture and surgical interventions. …”
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Worsening spasticity due to catheter breakage during intrathecal baclofen therapy: a case report by Yasutaka Takagi, Hiroshi Yamada, Hidehumi Ebara, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Hiroyuki Inatani, Yuta Nakamura, Ryo Sugihara, Aki Nakanami, Kenji Kagechika, Tetsutaro Yahata, Satoru Demura

“…Imaging revealed spinal catheter breakage, and the catheter was retained in the spinal canal. We inserted a new catheter through a different intervertebral space without removing the original catheter. …”
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Diagnostic Quandary: Salmonella Agbeni Vertebral Osteomyelitis and Epidural Abscess by Ryan K. Dahlberg, Mary Elizabeth Lyvers, Thomas K. Dahlberg

“…Approximately 5 weeks following the fall, repeat CT scan and MRI were conducted which then revealed extensive findings of discitis/osteomyelitis at L5–S1 as well as an epidural abscess resulting in severe narrowing of the central spinal canal. Patient underwent emergent decompression laminectomy and discectomy at L5–S1 with evacuation of the epidural abscess. …”
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DIFFERENT CERVICAL LAMINOPLASTY TECHNIQUES - UPDATE AND SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by FRANCISCO ALVES DE ARAÚJO JÚNIOR, JURANDIR MARCODES RIBAS FILHO, OSVALDO MALAFAIA, ALUÍZIO AUGUSTO ARANTES JÚNIOR, GUILHERME HENRIQUE WEILER CECCATO, PEDRO HELO DOS SANTOS NETO

“…The first laminoplasty was described in 1973 and, since then, there have been, at least, six more techniques described that involve opening the spinal canal. Other studies report slight modifications in the type of spine access or details related to the osteotomy technique. …”
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