SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATIONS IN CORD LESIONS

doi:10.1001/jama.1953.03690110024008

SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATIONS IN CORD LESIONS

Miriam Liberson, M.D.

Rocky Hill, Conn.
From the Department of Radiology, State of Connecticut Veterans Home and Hospital.

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The interest in soft tissue calcifications in cord injuries arose after World War I when a number of wounded veterans exhibited that type of injury. Special hospitals for paraplegics were established. A great number of such patients were studied by a group of French neurologists, orthopedists, and pathologists. As a result of this study an interesting paper was published in 1919 by Mme. Déjerine¹ and her co-workers. This was a comprehensive study, and the French authors' observations and deductions as to the clinical, anatomic, and pathological aspects of the soft tissue calcifications in cord injuries still hold true and have served as a basis for later studies. This paper is the only one up-to-date that offers an extensive pathological study of 11 cases.

As described by the French authors, these calcifications show the following essential characteristics: 1. They always appear below the level of the cord lesion. 2. Their