{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,6]],"date-time":"2026-06-06T09:01:19Z","timestamp":1780736479194,"version":"3.54.1"},"reference-count":84,"publisher":"Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["FOC"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>\n                    Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is one of the most common spinal cord disorders in the elderly. It is usually diagnosed by MRI, but in a significant number of patients the clinical course of CSM does not correlate with the extent of the spinal cord compression. Recent studies have suggested that a distinct metabolic pattern of the cervical cord, as assessed by PET with 2-deoxy-[\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F]fluoro-\n                    <jats:sc>d<\/jats:sc>\n                    -glucose (\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG) may predict a patient's clinical outcome after decompressive surgery for cervical spine stenosis. The authors provide an overview of the recent literature regarding the value of PET with\n                    <jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>\n                    F-FDG of the cervical cord in patients with CSM, paying attention to prognostic aspects and the potential role of inflammatory processes in the acute phase of the disease.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3171\/2013.3.focus1379","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,7,1]],"date-time":"2013-07-01T09:58:16Z","timestamp":1372672696000},"page":"E2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Clinical value of 2-deoxy-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy"],"prefix":"10.3171","volume":"35","author":[{"given":"Sven O.","family":"Eicker","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of D\u00fcsseldorf;"},{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karl-Josef","family":"Langen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center J\u00fclich;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Norbert","family":"Galldiks","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center J\u00fclich;"},{"name":"Department of Neurology, University of Cologne;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriele","family":"Stoffels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Research Center J\u00fclich;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J\u00f6rg","family":"Herdmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Spine and Pain, St.-Vinzenz-Hospital, D\u00fcsseldorf; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hans-Jakob","family":"Steiger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of D\u00fcsseldorf;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frank W.","family":"Floeth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurosurgery, University of D\u00fcsseldorf;"},{"name":"Department of Spine and Pain, St.-Vinzenz-Hospital, D\u00fcsseldorf; and"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1754","reference":[{"key":"b1-0350002","series-title":"J Neuroimaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"315","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1552-6569.2007.00119.x","article-title":"Clinical and MRI predictors of outcome after surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"17","author":"Alafifi","year":"2007"},{"key":"b2-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1449","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199907150-00010","article-title":"Potential usefulness of 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in cervical compressive myelopathy","volume":"24","author":"Baba","year":"1999"},{"key":"b3-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1259","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awr088","article-title":"Tight squeeze, slow burn: inflammation and the aetiology of cervical myelopathy","volume":"134","author":"Beattie","year":"2011"},{"key":"b4-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"433","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awp322","article-title":"Quantitative analysis of cellular inflammation after traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence for a multiphasic inflammatory response in the acute to chronic environment","volume":"133","author":"Beck","year":"2010"},{"key":"b5-0350002","series-title":"Neurosurgery","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"455","DOI":"10.1227\/01.neu.0000316013.97926.4c","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: complications and outcomes after spinal fusion","volume":"62","author":"Boakye","year":"2008"},{"key":"b6-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"390","article-title":"Effect of corticosteroids on 18F-FDG uptake in tumor lesions after chemotherapy","volume":"48","author":"Brepoels","year":"2007"},{"key":"b7-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","article-title":"Radiation myelopathy visualized as increased FDG uptake on positron emission tomography","volume":"30","author":"Chamroonrat","year":"2005"},{"key":"b8-0350002","series-title":"J Comput Assist Tomogr","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"937","DOI":"10.1097\/00004728-198312000-00001","article-title":"Metabolic imaging of the brain stem and spinal cord: studies with positron emission tomography using 18F-2-deoxyglucose in normal and pathological cases","volume":"7","author":"Di Chiro","year":"1983"},{"key":"b9-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"E1395","DOI":"10.1097\/BRS.0b013e31820a7df8","article-title":"Pattern of 18F-FDG uptake in the spinal cord in patients with noncentral nervous system malignancy","volume":"36","author":"Do","year":"2011"},{"key":"b10-0350002","series-title":"J Neurol Sci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"77","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-510X(02)00225-3","article-title":"Role of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis","volume":"205","author":"Dubey","year":"2002"},{"key":"b11-0350002","series-title":"Strahlenther Onkol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"690","DOI":"10.1007\/s00066-003-1115-z","article-title":"Increased metabolic activity in the spinal cord of patients with long-standing Lhermitte's sign","volume":"179","author":"Esik","year":"2003"},{"key":"b12-0350002","series-title":"Pathol Oncol Res","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"42","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02893408","article-title":"PET identifies transitional metabolic change in the spinal cord following a subthreshold dose of irradiation","volume":"10","author":"Esik","year":"2004"},{"key":"b13-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","first-page":"17","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy due to chronic compression: the role of signal intensity changes in magnetic resonance images","volume":"6","author":"Fern\u00e1ndez de Rota","year":"2007"},{"key":"b14-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1385","DOI":"10.2967\/jnumed.111.091801","article-title":"Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET in monosegmental stenosis and myelopathy of the cervical spinal cord","volume":"52","author":"Floeth","year":"2011"},{"key":"b15-0350002","series-title":"Eur Radiol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2925","DOI":"10.1007\/s00330-010-1877-5","article-title":"Regional impairment of 18F-FDG uptake in the cervical spinal cord in patients with monosegmental chronic cervical myelopathy","volume":"20","author":"Floeth","year":"2010"},{"key":"b16-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Surg Oncol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejso.2004.08.009","article-title":"Detection of unsuspected spinal cord compression in melanoma patients by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography","volume":"31","author":"Francken","year":"2005"},{"key":"b17-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1226","DOI":"10.1007\/s00259-006-0098-2","article-title":"Radionuclide imaging of spinal infections","volume":"33","author":"Gemmel","year":"2006"},{"key":"b18-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"498","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI\/2008\/8\/5\/498","article-title":"Prognosis in spine surgery","volume":"8","author":"Gilbert","year":"2008"},{"key":"b19-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"521","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-198607000-00003","article-title":"Roentgenographic findings of the cervical spine in asymptomatic people","volume":"11","author":"Gore","year":"1986"},{"key":"b20-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"827","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199604010-00010","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Clinicopathologic study on the progression pattern and thin myelinated fibers of the lesions of seven patients examined during complete autopsy","volume":"21","author":"Ito","year":"1996"},{"key":"b21-0350002","series-title":"Neuroscientist","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: the clinical phenomenon and the current pathobiology of an increasingly prevalent and devastating disorder","author":"Kalsi-Ryan","year":"2012"},{"key":"b22-0350002","series-title":"J Comput Assist Tomogr","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"487","DOI":"10.1097\/00004728-199805000-00023","article-title":"Visualization of the cervical spinal cord with FDG and high-resolution PET","volume":"22","author":"Kamoto","year":"1998"},{"key":"b23-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"436","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI\/2008\/8\/5\/436","article-title":"Biomechanical study of cervical flexion myelopathy using a three-dimensional finite element method. Laboratory investigation","volume":"8","author":"Kato","year":"2008"},{"key":"b24-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"905","DOI":"10.1097\/00003072-200111000-00001","article-title":"Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and intramedullary spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: detection with FDG positron emission tomography","volume":"26","author":"Komori","year":"2001"},{"key":"b25-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"615","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI-07\/12\/615","article-title":"Prognostic relevance of the postoperative evolution of intramedullary spinal cord changes in signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging after anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"7","author":"Mastronardi","year":"2007"},{"key":"b26-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"1207","article-title":"FDG imaging of spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor","volume":"39","author":"Meltzer","year":"1998"},{"key":"b27-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"279","article-title":"Malignant involvement of the spine: assessment by 18F-FDG PET\/CT","volume":"45","author":"Metser","year":"2004"},{"key":"b28-0350002","series-title":"Radiology","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"879","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.2343030301","article-title":"Normal FDG distribution patterns in the head and neck: PET\/CT evaluation","volume":"234","author":"Nakamoto","year":"2005"},{"key":"b29-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1097\/RLU.0b013e31816a784c","article-title":"Spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: detection with F-18 FDG PET\/CT","volume":"33","author":"Nguyen","year":"2008"},{"key":"b30-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"7526","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.22-17-07526.2002","article-title":"Matrix metalloproteinases limit functional recovery after spinal cord injury by modulation of early vascular events","volume":"22","author":"Noble","year":"2002"},{"key":"b31-0350002","series-title":"J Neurol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1943","DOI":"10.1007\/s00415-009-5270-8","article-title":"18F-FDG PET successfully detects spinal cord sarcoidosis","volume":"256","author":"Ota","year":"2009"},{"key":"b32-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"837","DOI":"10.1097\/00003072-200110000-00006","article-title":"Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: detection by positron emission tomography","volume":"26","author":"Poggi","year":"2001"},{"key":"b33-0350002","series-title":"AJNR Am J Neuroradiol","first-page":"1201","article-title":"Spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomographic\/MR fusion imaging","volume":"27","author":"Popovich","year":"2006"},{"key":"b34-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2182","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.5275-03.2004","article-title":"Minocycline treatment reduces delayed oligodendrocyte death, attenuates axonal dieback, and improves functional outcome after spinal cord injury","volume":"24","author":"Stirling","year":"2004"},{"key":"b35-0350002","series-title":"Spine J","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1016\/S1529-9430(02)00448-5","article-title":"Effect of intramedullary signal changes on the surgical outcome of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"3","author":"Suri","year":"2003"},{"key":"b36-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"72","DOI":"10.3171\/spi.2004.1.1.0072","article-title":"Metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy: a high-resolution positron emission tomography study","volume":"1","author":"Uchida","year":"2004"},{"key":"b37-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1528","DOI":"10.1007\/s00259-012-2192-y","article-title":"Clinical significance of MRI\/(18)F-FDG PET fusion imaging of the spinal cord in patients with cervical compressive myelopathy","volume":"39","author":"Uchida","year":"2012"},{"key":"b38-0350002","series-title":"J Neuroimaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"274","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1552-6569.2008.00284.x","article-title":"Neurological improvement associated with resolution of irradiation-induced myelopathy: serial magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography findings","volume":"19","author":"Uchida","year":"2009"},{"key":"b39-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1185","DOI":"10.1097\/BRS.0b013e31819e2919","article-title":"High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and 18FDG-PET findings of the cervical spinal cord before and after decompressive surgery in patients with compressive myelopathy","volume":"34","author":"Uchida","year":"2009"},{"key":"b40-0350002","series-title":"J Child Neurol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1177\/088307380001500708","article-title":"Positron emission tomography in imaging spinal cord tumors","volume":"15","author":"Wilmshurst","year":"2000"},{"key":"b41-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"1301","article-title":"High accumulation of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in turpentine-induced inflammatory tissue","volume":"36","author":"Yamada","year":"1995"},{"key":"b42-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1277","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awr054","article-title":"Human neuropathological and animal model evidence supporting a role for Fasmediated apoptosis and inflammation in cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"134","author":"Yu","year":"2011"},{"key":"b1-0350002","series-title":"J Neuroimaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"315","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1552-6569.2007.00119.x","article-title":"Clinical and MRI predictors of outcome after surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"17","author":"Alafifi","year":"2007"},{"key":"b2-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1449","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199907150-00010","article-title":"Potential usefulness of 18F-2-fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography in cervical compressive myelopathy","volume":"24","author":"Baba","year":"1999"},{"key":"b3-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1259","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awr088","article-title":"Tight squeeze, slow burn: inflammation and the aetiology of cervical myelopathy","volume":"134","author":"Beattie","year":"2011"},{"key":"b4-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"433","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awp322","article-title":"Quantitative analysis of cellular inflammation after traumatic spinal cord injury: evidence for a multiphasic inflammatory response in the acute to chronic environment","volume":"133","author":"Beck","year":"2010"},{"key":"b5-0350002","series-title":"Neurosurgery","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"455","DOI":"10.1227\/01.neu.0000316013.97926.4c","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: complications and outcomes after spinal fusion","volume":"62","author":"Boakye","year":"2008"},{"key":"b6-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"390","article-title":"Effect of corticosteroids on 18F-FDG uptake in tumor lesions after chemotherapy","volume":"48","author":"Brepoels","year":"2007"},{"key":"b7-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","article-title":"Radiation myelopathy visualized as increased FDG uptake on positron emission tomography","volume":"30","author":"Chamroonrat","year":"2005"},{"key":"b8-0350002","series-title":"J Comput Assist Tomogr","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"937","DOI":"10.1097\/00004728-198312000-00001","article-title":"Metabolic imaging of the brain stem and spinal cord: studies with positron emission tomography using 18F-2-deoxyglucose in normal and pathological cases","volume":"7","author":"Di Chiro","year":"1983"},{"key":"b9-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"E1395","DOI":"10.1097\/BRS.0b013e31820a7df8","article-title":"Pattern of 18F-FDG uptake in the spinal cord in patients with noncentral nervous system malignancy","volume":"36","author":"Do","year":"2011"},{"key":"b10-0350002","series-title":"J Neurol Sci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"77","DOI":"10.1016\/S0022-510X(02)00225-3","article-title":"Role of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of neurosarcoidosis","volume":"205","author":"Dubey","year":"2002"},{"key":"b11-0350002","series-title":"Strahlenther Onkol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"690","DOI":"10.1007\/s00066-003-1115-z","article-title":"Increased metabolic activity in the spinal cord of patients with long-standing Lhermitte's sign","volume":"179","author":"Esik","year":"2003"},{"key":"b12-0350002","series-title":"Pathol Oncol Res","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"42","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02893408","article-title":"PET identifies transitional metabolic change in the spinal cord following a subthreshold dose of irradiation","volume":"10","author":"Esik","year":"2004"},{"key":"b13-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","first-page":"17","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy due to chronic compression: the role of signal intensity changes in magnetic resonance images","volume":"6","author":"Fern\u00e1ndez de Rota","year":"2007"},{"key":"b14-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1385","DOI":"10.2967\/jnumed.111.091801","article-title":"Prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET in monosegmental stenosis and myelopathy of the cervical spinal cord","volume":"52","author":"Floeth","year":"2011"},{"key":"b15-0350002","series-title":"Eur Radiol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2925","DOI":"10.1007\/s00330-010-1877-5","article-title":"Regional impairment of 18F-FDG uptake in the cervical spinal cord in patients with monosegmental chronic cervical myelopathy","volume":"20","author":"Floeth","year":"2010"},{"key":"b16-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Surg Oncol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ejso.2004.08.009","article-title":"Detection of unsuspected spinal cord compression in melanoma patients by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography","volume":"31","author":"Francken","year":"2005"},{"key":"b17-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1226","DOI":"10.1007\/s00259-006-0098-2","article-title":"Radionuclide imaging of spinal infections","volume":"33","author":"Gemmel","year":"2006"},{"key":"b18-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"498","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI\/2008\/8\/5\/498","article-title":"Prognosis in spine surgery","volume":"8","author":"Gilbert","year":"2008"},{"key":"b19-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"521","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-198607000-00003","article-title":"Roentgenographic findings of the cervical spine in asymptomatic people","volume":"11","author":"Gore","year":"1986"},{"key":"b20-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"827","DOI":"10.1097\/00007632-199604010-00010","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy. Clinicopathologic study on the progression pattern and thin myelinated fibers of the lesions of seven patients examined during complete autopsy","volume":"21","author":"Ito","year":"1996"},{"key":"b21-0350002","series-title":"Neuroscientist","article-title":"Cervical spondylotic myelopathy: the clinical phenomenon and the current pathobiology of an increasingly prevalent and devastating disorder","author":"Kalsi-Ryan","year":"2012"},{"key":"b22-0350002","series-title":"J Comput Assist Tomogr","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"487","DOI":"10.1097\/00004728-199805000-00023","article-title":"Visualization of the cervical spinal cord with FDG and high-resolution PET","volume":"22","author":"Kamoto","year":"1998"},{"key":"b23-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"436","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI\/2008\/8\/5\/436","article-title":"Biomechanical study of cervical flexion myelopathy using a three-dimensional finite element method. Laboratory investigation","volume":"8","author":"Kato","year":"2008"},{"key":"b24-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"905","DOI":"10.1097\/00003072-200111000-00001","article-title":"Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis and intramedullary spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: detection with FDG positron emission tomography","volume":"26","author":"Komori","year":"2001"},{"key":"b25-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"615","DOI":"10.3171\/SPI-07\/12\/615","article-title":"Prognostic relevance of the postoperative evolution of intramedullary spinal cord changes in signal intensity on magnetic resonance imaging after anterior decompression for cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"7","author":"Mastronardi","year":"2007"},{"key":"b26-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"1207","article-title":"FDG imaging of spinal cord primitive neuroectodermal tumor","volume":"39","author":"Meltzer","year":"1998"},{"key":"b27-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"279","article-title":"Malignant involvement of the spine: assessment by 18F-FDG PET\/CT","volume":"45","author":"Metser","year":"2004"},{"key":"b28-0350002","series-title":"Radiology","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"879","DOI":"10.1148\/radiol.2343030301","article-title":"Normal FDG distribution patterns in the head and neck: PET\/CT evaluation","volume":"234","author":"Nakamoto","year":"2005"},{"key":"b29-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1097\/RLU.0b013e31816a784c","article-title":"Spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: detection with F-18 FDG PET\/CT","volume":"33","author":"Nguyen","year":"2008"},{"key":"b30-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"7526","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.22-17-07526.2002","article-title":"Matrix metalloproteinases limit functional recovery after spinal cord injury by modulation of early vascular events","volume":"22","author":"Noble","year":"2002"},{"key":"b31-0350002","series-title":"J Neurol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1943","DOI":"10.1007\/s00415-009-5270-8","article-title":"18F-FDG PET successfully detects spinal cord sarcoidosis","volume":"256","author":"Ota","year":"2009"},{"key":"b32-0350002","series-title":"Clin Nucl Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"837","DOI":"10.1097\/00003072-200110000-00006","article-title":"Intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: detection by positron emission tomography","volume":"26","author":"Poggi","year":"2001"},{"key":"b33-0350002","series-title":"AJNR Am J Neuroradiol","first-page":"1201","article-title":"Spinal cord compression by tophaceous gout with fluorodeoxyglucose-positron-emission tomographic\/MR fusion imaging","volume":"27","author":"Popovich","year":"2006"},{"key":"b34-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosci","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2182","DOI":"10.1523\/JNEUROSCI.5275-03.2004","article-title":"Minocycline treatment reduces delayed oligodendrocyte death, attenuates axonal dieback, and improves functional outcome after spinal cord injury","volume":"24","author":"Stirling","year":"2004"},{"key":"b35-0350002","series-title":"Spine J","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"33","DOI":"10.1016\/S1529-9430(02)00448-5","article-title":"Effect of intramedullary signal changes on the surgical outcome of patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"3","author":"Suri","year":"2003"},{"key":"b36-0350002","series-title":"J Neurosurg Spine","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"72","DOI":"10.3171\/spi.2004.1.1.0072","article-title":"Metabolic neuroimaging of the cervical spinal cord in patients with compressive myelopathy: a high-resolution positron emission tomography study","volume":"1","author":"Uchida","year":"2004"},{"key":"b37-0350002","series-title":"Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1528","DOI":"10.1007\/s00259-012-2192-y","article-title":"Clinical significance of MRI\/(18)F-FDG PET fusion imaging of the spinal cord in patients with cervical compressive myelopathy","volume":"39","author":"Uchida","year":"2012"},{"key":"b38-0350002","series-title":"J Neuroimaging","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"274","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1552-6569.2008.00284.x","article-title":"Neurological improvement associated with resolution of irradiation-induced myelopathy: serial magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography findings","volume":"19","author":"Uchida","year":"2009"},{"key":"b39-0350002","series-title":"Spine (Phila Pa 1976)","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1185","DOI":"10.1097\/BRS.0b013e31819e2919","article-title":"High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging and 18FDG-PET findings of the cervical spinal cord before and after decompressive surgery in patients with compressive myelopathy","volume":"34","author":"Uchida","year":"2009"},{"key":"b40-0350002","series-title":"J Child Neurol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1177\/088307380001500708","article-title":"Positron emission tomography in imaging spinal cord tumors","volume":"15","author":"Wilmshurst","year":"2000"},{"key":"b41-0350002","series-title":"J Nucl Med","first-page":"1301","article-title":"High accumulation of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose in turpentine-induced inflammatory tissue","volume":"36","author":"Yamada","year":"1995"},{"key":"b42-0350002","series-title":"Brain","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1277","DOI":"10.1093\/brain\/awr054","article-title":"Human neuropathological and animal model evidence supporting a role for Fasmediated apoptosis and inflammation in cervical spondylotic myelopathy","volume":"134","author":"Yu","year":"2011"}],"container-title":["Neurosurgical Focus"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/view\/journals\/neurosurg-focus\/35\/1\/article-pE2.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/neurosurg-focus\/35\/1\/article-pE2.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/neurosurg-focus\/35\/1\/article-pE2.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,6]],"date-time":"2026-06-06T08:21:29Z","timestamp":1780734089000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/thejns.org\/view\/journals\/neurosurg-focus\/35\/1\/article-pE2.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,7]]},"references-count":84,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3171\/2013.3.focus1379","relation":{},"ISSN":["1092-0684"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1092-0684","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013,7]]}}}