Painless cervical motor radiculopathy relieved by cervical epidural steroid injection: A case report
10.17085/apm.2019.14.2.216
- Author:
Ingon LEE
1
;
Seokjun HONG
;
Hakjong YOU
;
Sung Jun HONG
;
Sang Soo KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea. kssege@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervical;
Epidural;
Motor;
Radiculopathy
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Electromyography;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Male;
Needles;
Neural Conduction;
Radiculopathy;
Shoulder
- From:Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
2019;14(2):216-221
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 15-year-old male patient presented with a slow progression of painless right shoulder weakness over the previous six weeks. The magnetic resonance imaging revealed right C4–5 foraminal stenosis caused by right foraminal disc protrusion. The needle electromyography and nerve conduction studies revealed acute C5 and/or C6 radiculopathy. Instead of the initial surgical management modalities, we performed a cervical epidural steroid injection at the C4–5 level. From the day after the patient received the cervical epidural steroid injection, his right shoulder motor weakness improved progressively. Two weeks after the procedure, his right shoulder motor function had fully recovered.
