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Gross Demonstration of Atrophic Cauda Equina Roots in Motor Neuron Disease: An Improved Method

Gross Demonstration of Atrophic Cauda Equina Roots in Motor Neuron Disease: An Improved Method Abstract In patients who have died of advanced motor neuron disease, one of the most impressive gross anatomical findings is the disparity in size and texture of the anterior and posterior spinal nerve roots, brought about by progressive atrophy of the former and generally good preservation of the latter. When it comes to demonstrating this difference in photographs for medical students, resident teaching, or for neuropathology conferences, it is rather difficult to arrange the respective nerve root pairs in a fashion that would make them easy to compare,1 because whether the spinal cord is photographed from the front or the back, the dorsal and ventral nerve roots tend to overlap.2,3 Moreover, in the cauda equina, photographed in the usual way, the motor and sensory Fig 1.—Side view of spinal cord and cauda equina from 54-year-old woman with advanced motor neuron disease. Atrophic anterior roots (right) combed apart from posterior References 1. Blackwood W, Dodds TC, Sommerville JC: Atlas of Neuropathology , ed 2. Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1964, p 125. 2. Adams RD, Sidman RL: Introduction to Neuropathology . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1968, p 289. 3. Slager UT: Basic Neuropathology . Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1970, p 181. 4. Oppenheimer DR: Diseases of basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor neurons , in Blackwood W, Coresellis JAN (eds): Greenfield's Neuropathology , ed 3. London, Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd, 1976, p 633. 5. Treip CS: Color Atlas of Neuropathology . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers Inc, 1978, p 88. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology American Medical Association

Gross Demonstration of Atrophic Cauda Equina Roots in Motor Neuron Disease: An Improved Method

Archives of Neurology , Volume 37 (6) – Jun 1, 1980

Gross Demonstration of Atrophic Cauda Equina Roots in Motor Neuron Disease: An Improved Method

Abstract

Abstract In patients who have died of advanced motor neuron disease, one of the most impressive gross anatomical findings is the disparity in size and texture of the anterior and posterior spinal nerve roots, brought about by progressive atrophy of the former and generally good preservation of the latter. When it comes to demonstrating this difference in photographs for medical students, resident teaching, or for neuropathology conferences, it is rather difficult to arrange the respective...
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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1980 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0003-9942
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1538-3687
DOI
10.1001/archneur.1980.00500550096023
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Abstract

Abstract In patients who have died of advanced motor neuron disease, one of the most impressive gross anatomical findings is the disparity in size and texture of the anterior and posterior spinal nerve roots, brought about by progressive atrophy of the former and generally good preservation of the latter. When it comes to demonstrating this difference in photographs for medical students, resident teaching, or for neuropathology conferences, it is rather difficult to arrange the respective nerve root pairs in a fashion that would make them easy to compare,1 because whether the spinal cord is photographed from the front or the back, the dorsal and ventral nerve roots tend to overlap.2,3 Moreover, in the cauda equina, photographed in the usual way, the motor and sensory Fig 1.—Side view of spinal cord and cauda equina from 54-year-old woman with advanced motor neuron disease. Atrophic anterior roots (right) combed apart from posterior References 1. Blackwood W, Dodds TC, Sommerville JC: Atlas of Neuropathology , ed 2. Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1964, p 125. 2. Adams RD, Sidman RL: Introduction to Neuropathology . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1968, p 289. 3. Slager UT: Basic Neuropathology . Baltimore, Md, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1970, p 181. 4. Oppenheimer DR: Diseases of basal ganglia, cerebellum and motor neurons , in Blackwood W, Coresellis JAN (eds): Greenfield's Neuropathology , ed 3. London, Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd, 1976, p 633. 5. Treip CS: Color Atlas of Neuropathology . Chicago, Year Book Medical Publishers Inc, 1978, p 88.

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Archives of NeurologyAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jun 1, 1980

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