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Cervical Myelopathy due to a "Tight Dural Canal in Flexion" with a Posterior Epidural Cavity.

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: A 41-year-old man noticed weakness and atrophy in his right hand and forearm resembling the non-progressive juvenile muscular atrophy of unilateral upper extremity (Hirayama's disease). MRI showed an abnormal cavity in the posterior epidural space which appeared on neck flexion communicating with the subarachnoid space in addition to the flattening of the lower cervical spinal cord on neck flexion. When evaluating atypical cases of Hirayama's disease, the pathomechanism demonstrated in the present case should be taken into consideration.

Source: Internal Medicine

DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.41.746

Authors: Seiji KIKUCHI, Kazuyoshi SHINPO, Masaaki NIINO, Takuya HIGASHI, Kunio TASHIRO

Institution: Hokkaido University

Language: English

Topic: Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2007509151

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Cites: 3

Cited by: 16

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