PARAPLEGIA

(SPASTIC PARAPARESIS)

spinal cord compression

frontal parasagittal meningioma

superior sagittal sinus thrombosis

multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating disorders

subacute combined degeneration (B12 deficiency)

motor neurone disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

hereditary spastic paraplegia

neurosyphilis (general paralysis of the insane)

syringomyelia

sarcoidosis

paraneoplastic syndrome

Friedreich's ataxia

cerebral palsy

lathyrism (in India)

hysteria

anterior spinal artery occlusion (dissecting aortic aneurysm, thromboembolism)

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