A case of brachial multisegmental amyotrophy caused by spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak leading to epidural fluid collection

A case of brachial multisegmental amyotrophy caused by spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak leading to epidural fluid collection

A 68-year-old man suffered from slowly progressive proximal upper extremity weakness for 17 years. Examination revealed bilateral C5–C6 muscle weakness. Upon spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the T2-weighted images showed high-intensity signals in the anterior horns at the C3–C5 spinal levels...

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Main Authors: Atsuhiko Sugiyama, Ado Tamiya, Hajime Yokota, Hiroki Mukai, Hiroshi Amino, Satoshi Kuwabara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Subjects:
Bibrachial amyotrophy
Superficial siderosis
Duropathies
Intracranial hypotension
Epidural fluid collection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751924000045

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