Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that descends through the bottom of the skull from the base of the brain (brainstem) and descends to the bottom of the spine, where it thins, and becomes the ca...

Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine

Identify the structures labelled A to H in this sagittal T2 weighted image of the lumbar spine.bmj;345/jul09_1/e4461/FIG1F1fig1AnswersA: Conus medullarisB: Root of cauda equinaC: Annulus fibrosus of.....

Enzalutamide Data to Be Presented at ASCO GU Symposium

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TOKYO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/30/13 -- Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) today announced that six abstracts related to enzalutamide research wil...

Medivation and Astellas Announce XTANDI(R) (Enzalutamide) Is Now Available for Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Previously Treated With Docetaxel

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TOKYO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/13/12 -- Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) today announced the availability of XTANDI® (enzalutamide) capsules fo...

Enzalutamide Data Presented at ASCO GU Symposium

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TOKYO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/13/13 -- Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (Tokyo: 4503) announced that data for enzalutamide, an oral androgen receptor inhib...

Medivation and Astellas Announce New Data From XTANDI(R) (enzalutamide) Pivotal Study

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TOKYO -- (Marketwire) -- 09/30/12 -- Medivation Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) announced that new data for enzalutamide (XTANDI® capsules), an oral an...

U.S. FDA Approves XTANDI(R) (enzalutamide) After Priority Review for Patients With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Previously Treated With Docetaxel

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TOKYO -- (Marketwire) -- 08/31/12 -- Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has gr...

XTANDI(R) (Enzalutamide) Capsules Receives Health Canada Approval for Treatment of Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer in Patients Previously Treated With Docetaxel

TOKYO and SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/03/13 -- Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) and Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) today announced that after a priority review, Health Canada has approv...

Medivation Elects Dawn Graham to Board of Directors

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/23/13 -- Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) today announced that Dawn Graham has been elected to the Company's Board of Directors. Ms. Graham joins Medivation fo...

Does rectal examination have any value in the clinical diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome?

Purpose. This study aims to quantify the value of digital rectal examination (DRE) in the clinical diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome. Methods. A retrospective case note review was performed on all pa...

Review of medicolegal cases for cauda equina syndrome: what factors lead to an adverse outcome for the provider?

Cauda equina syndrome is 1 of a few true surgical emergencies involving the lumbar spine. Although treatment within 48 hours has been found to correlate with improved outcomes, recovery of bowel and b...

Paraganglioma of the cauda equina: A highly vascular tumour.

Paragangliomas uncommonly occur in the cauda equina region. This type of tumour may be misdiagnosed pre-operatively as a neurinoma or an ependymoma. Paragangliomas are highly vascular tumours. We repo...

Multiple myeloma with cauda equina infiltration.

We report a case of a 51-year-old man with multiple myeloma who presented with lumbar pain and left limb paresis. Cerebrospinal fluid, brain and spinal cord resonance imaging revealed a diffuse infilt...

Peripheral nerve involvement in a neurofibromatosis type 2 patient with plexiform neurofibroma of the cauda equina: a sonographic vignette.

Kara M, Akyüz M, Yılmaz A, Hatipoğlu C, Özçakar L. Peripheral nerve involvement in a neurofibromatosis type 2 patient with plexiform neurofibroma of the cauda equina: a sonographic vignette. We r...