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Spastic paraparesis

Spastic paraparesis

Spastic paraparesis describes a upper motor neuron pattern of weakness in the lower limbs

Causes
  • demyelination e.g. multiple sclerosis
  • cord compression: trauma, tumour
  • parasagittal meningioma
  • tropical spastic paraparesis
  • transverse myelitis e.g. HIV
  • syringomyelia
  • hereditary spastic paraplegia
  • osteoarthritis of the cervical spine
+PassMedicine Notes

Spastic paraparesis describes a upper motor neuron pattern of weakness in the lower limbs

Causes
  • demyelination e.g. multiple sclerosis
  • cord compression: trauma, tumour
  • parasagittal meningioma
  • tropical spastic paraparesis
  • transverse myelitis e.g. HIV
  • syringomyelia
  • hereditary spastic paraplegia
  • osteoarthritis of the cervical spine


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