Quadriplegia with cervical cord compression.

Quadriplegia with cervical cord compression.

Accepted 17 July 1996 A 36-year-old man was admitted to this unit with almost complete quadriplegia with no sensory level. The bladder and bowel functions had remained intact. When he was a 20-year-old student he had presented with brachialgia and neck swelling, which had been aspirated percutaneously in India in 1980; the fluid was discovered to contain protoscolecs and he was given a full cou...

Cervical dumbbell ganglioneuroma producing spinal cord compression.

[Neurogenic bladder in patients with cervical cord compression disorders].

Bladder and urethral functions were evaluated urodynamically in 62 patients with cervical cord compression disorder caused by either ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the cervical spine (32 patients), cervical spondylosis (14 patients), prolapsed cervical intervertebral disc (14 patients) or cervical spinal canal stenosis (2 patients). The patients included 46 males and 16 ...

Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst with spinal cord compression.

Dr. Wuilker Knoner Campos – Rua João Pio Duarte Silva 1206 88037-001 Florianópolis SC Brasil. Email: [email protected] Anterior cervical arachnoid cysts are rare lesions and despite of the large experience of the departments of neurosurgery worldwide, few cases in this localization have been reported. Most intradural arachnoid cysts are located in the thoracic region posterior to the spinal ...

Sudden quadriplegia after acute cervical disc herniation.

BACKGROUND Acute neurological deterioration secondary to cervical disc herniation not related to external trauma is very rare, with only six published reports to date. In most cases, acute symptoms were due to progression of disc herniation in the presence of pre-existing spinal canal stenosis. CASE REPORT A 42-year-old man developed weakness and numbness in his arms and legs immediately foll...