Spinal Cord Injuries

Written by Adam Peck Category: Injury Law January 16th, 2013 1 min read

Spinal cord injuries cause myelopathy or damage to nerve roots or myelinated fiber tracts that carry signals to and from the brain. Depending on its classification and severity, this type of traumatic injury could also damage the grey matter in the central part of the cord, causing segmental losses of interneurons and motorneurons. Spinal cord injury can occur from many causes, including:

* Trauma such as automobile crashes, falls, gunshots, diving accidents, war injuries, etc.
* Tumor such as meningiomas, ependymomas, astrocytomas, and metastatic cancer.
* Ischemia resulting from occlusion of spinal blood vessels, including dissecting aortic aneurysms, emboli, arteriosclerosis.
* Developmental disorders, such as spina bifida, meningomyolcoele, and others
* Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Friedreich’s ataxia, spinocerebellar ataxia, etc.
* Demyelinative diseases, such as Multiple Sclerosis.
* Transverse myelitis, resulting from stroke, inflammation, or other causes.
* Vascular malformations, such as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), dural arteriovenous fistula (AVF), spinal hemangioma, cavernous angioma and aneurysm.

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Adam J. Peck, ESQ is a principal with Peck Law Group, APC. In 2008, Mr. Adam Peck received his Juris Doctorate from Whittier Law School where he graduated Cum Laude. His practice is primarily dedicated to representing Elders, Dependent Adults, along with their loved ones and family members, who have suffered horrific personal injuries.