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Review
. 2018 Feb 22:360:k186.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.k186.

Degenerative cervical myelopathy

Benjamin M Davies  1 , Oliver D Mowforth  1 , Emma K Smith  2 , Mark Rn Kotter  3
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Review

Degenerative cervical myelopathy

Benjamin M Davies et al. BMJ. .
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I confirm that we, the authors, have read and understood the BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no competing interests to declare.

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Pathology of DCM. (A) Anatomy of an initially healthy spine (C2 level), with examples of the potential pathological changes that can occur and cause DCM (shown at lower spinal levels; C3-7). (B) Sagittal section from a T2-weighted MRI scan showing multilevel degenerative changes in the cervical spine. The spinal cord is compressed at C3/4 by a disc prolapse (white arrow) and at C5/6 by spondylosis, thickening of the posterior longitudinal ligament, and a disc-osteophyte complex (white star). However, this is not associated with high signal changes in the cord on MRI (Figure reproduced with permission from Michael G Fehlings, University of Toronto)
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