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66 yo woman presents with leg greater than back pain Greater than 1 year duration Pain radiates down back of legs Numbness and tingling in calves No weakness, but reports falling Worsens with walking, better with rest Has had injections – limited benefit Has tried PT Ibuprofen helps Smokes ½ ppd; cutting down
View Case →68 year-old man with progressive right hand pain, sensation loss, and weakness after successful cervical spine decompression
View Case66 yo woman presents with leg greater than back pain Greater than 1 year duration Pain radiates down back of legs Numbness and tingling in calves No weakness, but reports falling Worsens with walking, better with rest Has had injections – limited benefit Has tried PT Ibuprofen helps Smokes ½ ppd; cutting down
View Case53 year old man presents with mid-lower back pain radiating to the left side of the lower chest and flank Severe after minor fall 2 weeks prior Mild back pain for about 4 months No significant prior medical history
View Case71 yo woman presents with 10 months of progressive weakness of arms and legs. Started with difficulty walking and has progressed to the point that she needs significant assistance to walk. She also reports difficulty with voiding. Examination reveals severe left-sided weakness most pronounced in left hand and hip muscles. She is hyper-reflexic.
View Case57 year-old presents with primary complaint of pain in his left gluteal region (buttocks) that radiates down to the back of his left thigh.
View Case66 year-old woman presents with severe back pain. She has known history of breast cancer with spread to multiple bones. Back pain started 8 weeks prior without specific traumatic event. No neurologic complaint
View Case65 year-old man presents to ER after multiple falls. Describes progressive hand weakness and loss of dexterity along with difficulty walking resulting in multiple falls recently
View Case39 year-old woman presents with neck and shoulder pain radiating into her arms
View Case27 yo man presenting with low back pain for five years. Radiates to posterior Left thigh Worse with flexion and extension; better w rest No numbness, tingling, weakness. Failed conservative care.
View Case48 year-old woman presenting with back and right leg pain Pain worsening despite conservative management Back and leg both 9/10 Leg pain goes to bottom of foot Has numbness of her foot on exam and some weakness of her ankle.
View Case69 yo man presents with severe right ankle weakness (foot drop). He has bilateral foot numbness and moderate back pain radiating into his legs. Neurodiagnostic testing confirms L5 radiculopathy.
View Case61 year old man undergoes unrelated surgical procedure. Upon waking from surgery reports new pain, numbness, tingling in his forearms and hands and weakness of his legs. No prior history of arm problems No neck pain Neuro exam with sensory loss in medial hands and radial forearm into axilla Proximal leg weakness Urgent MRI c-spine obtained
View CaseC1-2 instability with rheumatic pannus 75 year-old woman with history of rheumatoid arthritis presents to office with several years of progressive neck pain. Also reports 3 months of numbness in her hands; denies weakness but reports apraxia
View Case65 yo woman presents to office with complaint of mid-back pain, progressive over several weeks Numbness in her toes for about 2 weeks She also complains of difficulty walking; feels off balance, but not dizzy On exam she has mild increased deep tendon reflexes.
View Case85 year old man presents with shock-like sensations shooting into his arms and hands Increasing numbness in hands One month of hand and arm weakness, getting worse rapidly Off balance walking Can’t use his hands for fine motor tasks like shaving, buttoning clothes etc.
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