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Differential Diagnosis
Оглавление• Thoracic disk herniation
• Spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spine)
• Scoliosis
• Bulging thoracic disk
• Presence of bony spurs
• Tumor:
– Metastatic (malignant, requiring emergent treatment)
– Primary (benign or malignant)
• Vascular lesion (typically requiring supplemental embolization):
– Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD)
– Spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
– Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF)
– Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS)
• Vertebral fracture:
– Blunt trauma (incomplete SCI)
– Penetrating trauma (incomplete SCI)
– Wedge/compression fracture
– Burst fracture
– Chance fracture
– Fracture-dislocation