Central cord lesions in cervical spondylotic myelopathy

✍ Scribed by S. S. Mossman; J. V. Jestico

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 523 KB
• Volume: 230
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0340-5354
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00313698

✦ Synopsis

Two patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy presented with features suggesting syringomyelia. One patient had a Charcot joint of the wrist, and both had dissociated sensory loss in the upper limbs. The possible vascular basis of these central cord lesions is discussed.