Cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction:a case report
10.3969/j.issn.1671-167X.2015.05.030
- VernacularTitle:颈椎病误诊为脑梗死1例
- Author:
Yunyun WANG
;
Wei SUN
;
Yining HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cervical spondylosis;
Brain infarction;
Diagnostic errors
- From:
Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences)
2015;(5):883-884
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
SUMMARY Here we report a case of cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction .The pa-tient was a 55-year-old man with a one-day history of weakness in his right extremities .Brain magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI) showed no acute abnormality , cerevical MRI showed that cervical spondylisis , C4/5 , C5/6 disc herniation , spinal canal stenosis and compression of the spinal cord .Then the patient was transferred to the Department of Orthopaedics and underwent surgical treatment of cervical spondylo -sis.Followed-up for six months , the weakness of his right extremities returned to normal .
