Hidden coexisting pathology diagnosed after cervical surgery in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy or myeloradiculopathy: A case series report |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan;2. Department of Neurology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health School of Medicine, Japan |
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Abstract: | Many neurological disorders can present similar symptomatology to degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) or myeloradiculopathy (DCMR). Therefore, to avoid misdiagnosis, it is important to recognise the differential diagnosis, which has been well described in previous literature. Additionally, DCM or DCMR can also coexist with other diseases that overlap some of its clinical manifestations, which may be overlooked before cervical surgery. Nevertheless, few studies have addressed this clinical situation. In clinical practice, the diagnosis of coexisting disease with DCM or DCMR would be typically made when some symptoms persist without improvement after cervical surgery. To inform the patients of this possibility preoperatively and arrive at the early diagnosis during the postoperative period, some knowledge of the possible coexisting diseases would be necessary. In this report, we reviewed 230 patients who underwent surgery for DCM or DCMR in an academic centre to examine the prevalence and kind of underlying disease that was overlooked preoperatively. The coexisting diseases relevant to their baseline symptoms were diagnosed only after cervical surgery in three patients (1.3%) and included amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, lung cancer and polymyalgia rheumatica. The overlapping symptoms were gait difficulty, scapular pain and neck pain, respectively. Surgeons should recognise that the coexisting disease with DCM or DCMR may be overlooked before cervical surgery because of overlapping symptomatology, although its prevalence is not certainly high. Further, when the specific symptom persisted without improvement after surgery for DCM or DCMR, the patient should be comprehensively examined, considering diverse pathological conditions, not only neurological disorders. |
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Keywords: | Degenerative cervical myelopathy Cervical spondylotic myelopathy Myeloradiculopathy Differential diagnosis Misdiagnosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Polymyalgia rheumatica ALS" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0045" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" amyotrophic lateral sclerosis CLP" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0055" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" cervical laminoplasty CRP" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0065" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" C-reactive protein CT" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0075" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" computed tomography CTS" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0085" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" carpal tunnel syndrome DCM" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0095" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" degenerative cervical myelopathy DCMR" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0105" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" degenerative cervical myeloradiculopathy DTR" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0115" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" deep tendon reflex MRI" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0125" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" magnetic resonance imaging MS" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0135" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" multiple sclerosis PMR" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0145" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" polymyalgia rheumatic TB" },{" #name" :" keyword" ," $" :{" id" :" k0155" }," $$" :[{" #name" :" text" ," _" :" tuberculosis |
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