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Hand Wasting Due to Mid-Cervical Spinal Cord Compression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A.E. Goodridge ,
T.E. Feasby ,
G.C. Ebers ,
W.F. Brown  and
G.P.A. Rice
A.E. Goodridge*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
T.E. Feasby
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
G.C. Ebers
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
W.F. Brown
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
G.P.A. Rice
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University Hospital, London, Ontario
*
Division of Neurology, Health Sciences Centre, St. John's. Newfoundland, Canada AIB 3V6
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Abstract:

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Three patients presented with hand wasting and weakness secondary to mid-cervical spinal cord compression. This was due to cervical spondylosis in two patients and a meningioma in one case. This phenomenon is probably similar to that seen with foramen magnum lesions and may be due to spinal cord ischemia distal to the compression, secondary to venous stasis.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , August 1987 , pp. 309 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1987

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