Acute spinal cord compression presents with sudden onset of paralysis along with back pain, it must be differentiated from other diseases with similar presentation such as muscle weakness and back pain. Transverse myelitis, GBS (Gullian-Barrie syndrome), HIV-myopathy, diabetic neuropathy, multiple sclerosis (MS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) and peripheral neuropathies are some of the diseases to be considered in the differential.
Spinal cord compression differential diagnosis
Complex regional pain syndrome differential diagnosis
Vertebral osteomyelitis differential diagnosis
Myxoma differential diagnosis
Transverse myelitis differential diagnosis
Spinal cord compression risk factors
Spinal cord compression causes
Neuralgia other diagnostic studies