ReviewThe Journal of international medical research2023
Cervical cord compression with lower limb sensory disturbance: three case reports and a literature review.
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- Comparative clinical outcomes of ACDF for cervical spondylotic myelopathy versus atypical cervical pathology presenting as refractory low back pain with radiating lower limb pain: a retrospective cohort study.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Review
- Atypical Presentation of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Case Report.Archives of clinical and medical case reports · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture for girdle sensation following spinal cord injury as a false localizing sign: a case series.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Diagnosis and Its Differentiation from Neurological Mimics, MS and ALS: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Sciatica-like pain caused by cervical spondylotic myelopathy: four case reports and systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Lower limb sensory disturbance can be a false localizing sign of cervical spondylotic myelopathy. It may lead to delayed or missed diagnosis, resulting in an inappropriate management plan, especially in the presence of concurrent lumbar lesions. Three Asian patients with lower limb sensory disturbance were ineffectively treated in the lumbar region. Magnetic resonance imaging showed cervical disc herniation and cervical spinal cord compression. The patients underwent anterior cervical discectomy and interbody fusion using a stand-alone cervical interbody fusion cage. Postoperative imaging showed that the spinal cord compression was relieved. On the first postoperative day, the lower limb sensory disturbance was also relieved. The patients showed good recovery at the 3-month postoperative follow-up. These three cases of cervical cord compression with lower limb sensory disturbance were easily misdiagnosed as lumbar spondylosis. Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion had a good therapeutic effect. Therefore, the presence of lower limb sensory disturbance in a non-radicular classic pattern should always raise suspicion of a possible cord compression at a higher level.
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