Acute traumatic central cord syndrome: magnetic resonance imaging and clinical observations

Abstract

Acute traumatic central cord syndrome cannot be explained by the injury to the gray matter at the level of motor neurons supplying the hand muscles. In agreement with recently published data, the results of this series confirm the absence of intramedullary hemorrhage and corroborate the hypothesis that ATCCS may be explained by the impairment of the corticospinal tract, which can be affected globally.