%0 Journal Article
%T Late-onset ¡°white cord syndrome¡± in an elderly patient after posterior cervical decompression and fusion: a case report
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%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-019-0174-z
%X In 2013, a rare early complication following cervical decompression the so-called ¡°white cord syndrome¡± (WCS) was described for first time. This designation was given on the basis of the postoperative appearance of intramedullary hypertense areas in T2-MRI, resulting in devastating neurological damage. To our knowledge, only three cases of WCS have been published; we hereby present the fourth case, but the first one with late-onset presentation of this syndrome
%U https://www.nature.com/articles/s41394-019-0174-z