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68 year-old man with progressive right hand pain, sensation loss, and weakness after successful cervical spine decompression
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 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 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 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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