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Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report
BACKGROUND: Upper limbs dysmetria caused by spinal cord injury is very rare. We will discuss the associated mechanism in our articles. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old male had sudden onset of weakness, dysmetria over bilateral upper limbs and ataxia after he fell accidentally. Brain magnetic resona...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19775477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-50 |
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author | Lin, Hsun-Chang Chen, Chun-Hung Khor, Gim-Thean Huang, Poyin |
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description | BACKGROUND: Upper limbs dysmetria caused by spinal cord injury is very rare. We will discuss the associated mechanism in our articles. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old male had sudden onset of weakness, dysmetria over bilateral upper limbs and ataxia after he fell accidentally. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed no specific findings. C-spine MRI revealed C1 myelopathy and C4-6 spinal cord compression by bulged disc. The symptoms subsided after surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: Sudden onset of upper limbs dysmetria is a sign of dysfunction in cerebellum and its associated pathway. However, lesion in spinal cord can also cause cerebellar signs such as dysmetria. |
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spelling | pubmed-27598992009-10-11 Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report Lin, Hsun-Chang Chen, Chun-Hung Khor, Gim-Thean Huang, Poyin BMC Neurol Case Report BACKGROUND: Upper limbs dysmetria caused by spinal cord injury is very rare. We will discuss the associated mechanism in our articles. CASE PRESENTATION: A 51-year-old male had sudden onset of weakness, dysmetria over bilateral upper limbs and ataxia after he fell accidentally. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed no specific findings. C-spine MRI revealed C1 myelopathy and C4-6 spinal cord compression by bulged disc. The symptoms subsided after surgical intervention. CONCLUSION: Sudden onset of upper limbs dysmetria is a sign of dysfunction in cerebellum and its associated pathway. However, lesion in spinal cord can also cause cerebellar signs such as dysmetria. BioMed Central 2009-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC2759899/ /pubmed/19775477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-50 Text en Copyright © 2009 Lin et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Lin, Hsun-Chang Chen, Chun-Hung Khor, Gim-Thean Huang, Poyin Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title | Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title_full | Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title_fullStr | Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title_short | Upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
title_sort | upper limbs dysmetria caused by cervical spinal cord injury: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2759899/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19775477 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-9-50 |
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