The practice of pediatrics . Cervical Potts disease. Dorsolumbar Potts disease. tion of the membranes of the cord (the pia mater and arachnoid) or alocalized chronic plastic exudate on the inner surface of the dura maybe present. Symptomatology.—In this disease the symptoms referable to the spinedevelop insidiously. They may occur immediately after a traumatism,or a period of weeks or even months elapse. The spine becomes moreor less rigid, there is a certain stiffness to the body movements, and 904 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM localized pain and tenderness are presented. Subjective symptoms
The practice of pediatrics . Cervical Potts disease. Dorsolumbar Potts disease. tion of the membranes of the cord (the pia mater and arachnoid) or alocalized chronic plastic exudate on the inner surface of the dura maybe present. Symptomatology.—In this disease the symptoms referable to the spinedevelop insidiously. They may occur immediately after a traumatism,or a period of weeks or even months elapse. The spine becomes moreor less rigid, there is a certain stiffness to the body movements, and 904 DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM localized pain and tenderness are presented. Subjective symptomsmay be, however, entirely absent, and the very gradual developmentof the spastie paralysis of the lower extremities may be the first evidenceof the disease process. Inasmuch as the caries affects the dorsal andcervical regions in most cases, the paralysis is spastic in type, with anincrease of the reflexes, ankle clonus, and the Bahinski reflex. In the early stages one leg may he more paralyzed than the may be
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