Search results for “( "Cervical Radicular Pain and Radiculopathy" OR cervical radicular pain OR cervical radiculopathy)”

38 results found
Case

Vertebral artery loop formation causing cervical radiculopathy

  Diagnosis almost certain
Ayaz Hidayatov
Published 02 Jun 2017
74% complete
MRI Annotated image
Case

Cervical foraminal stenosis - radiculopathy and injection

  Diagnosis certain
Henry Knipe
Published 29 Mar 2023
95% complete
MRI CT
Article

Cervical foraminal stenosis

Cervical foraminal stenosis is a common condition that is mostly asymptomatic but in some patients results in cervical radiculopathy. Clinical presentation Cervical foraminal stenosis is most commonly asymptomatic (found in ~20% of the population 8,10) but can result in cervical nerve root com...
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Cervical canal stenosis

Cervical canal stenosis is a general term that refers to the abnormal narrowing of the cervical spinal canal that compromises the nerve root and/or spinal cord resulting in radiculopathy and/or compressive myelopathy. The most common cause of cervical spinal canal stenosis is age-related degener...
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Recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome

Recurrent carpal tunnel syndrome is the persistence or re-occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) symptoms after carpal tunnel release surgery. Epidemiology The re-operation rate for new or persistent CTS symptoms is 1-3% 1-3. Pathology Persistence or re-occurrence of CTS symptoms may be ...
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Pronator teres syndrome

Pronator teres syndrome (also called pronator syndrome) is one of three common median nerve entrapment syndromes; the other two being anterior interosseous nerve syndrome and the far more common carpal tunnel syndrome. Signs and symptoms result from compression of the median nerve in the upper f...
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Lateral epicondylitis

Lateral epicondylitis, also known as tennis elbow, is an overuse syndrome of the common extensor tendon and predominantly affects the extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) tendon. Epidemiology Lateral epicondylitis occurs with a frequency of 7 to 10 times that of medial epicondylitis. As with ...
Question

Question 1821

A middle-aged woman with right arm radiculopathy is investigated with oblique cervical spine radiographs. The right C5-6 intervertebral foramen appears kidney bean shaped with a concave anterior margin. Which would be the most appropriate interpretation? 

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Cervical spine protocol (MRI)

The MRI cervical spine protocol encompasses a set of MRI sequences for the routine assessment of the cervical spine. Note: This article aims to frame a general concept of an MRI protocol for the assessment of the cervical spine. Protocol specifics will vary depending on MRI scanner type, specif...
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Grisel syndrome

Grisel syndrome is a rare cause of torticollis that involves subluxation of atlanto-axial joint from inflammatory ligamentous laxity following an infectious process in the head and neck, usually a retropharyngeal abscess. Epidemiology It usually occurs in infants or young children. Clinical p...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), also known as Forestier disease, is a common condition characterized by bony proliferation at sites of tendinous and ligamentous insertion of the spine affecting elderly individuals. On imaging, it is typically characterized by the flowing ossific...
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Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection

Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injections (ILESIs) are used to inject steroids in the epidural space and around the exiting nerve roots and are one of the two main spinal epidural injections; the other is cervical transforaminal epidural injections.  Indications Typically performed in ...
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament

Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) refers to bone formation within the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spinal column. Epidemiology There is a recognized greater prevalence in males and in the elderly 3. OPLL is twice as common in men compared with women. The inc...
Article

Discectomy

Discectomy is the most common surgery for lower back pain performed for the treatment of disc herniations. It is often combined with other spinal procedures such as laminotomy or foraminotomy or artificial disc replacement and other forms of spinal fusion. Discectomy techniques can be generally ...
Article

Facet joint injection

Facet (zygapophyseal) joint injections are performed primarily for the diagnosis and differentiation of facet syndrome and radicular pain syndrome, and are one of the spinal interventional procedures. They can be performed under fluoroscopic, or CT image guidance, and cervical, thoracic or most ...
Case

Cervical interlaminar epidural steroid injection (fluoroscopic guided)

  Diagnosis not applicable
Dai Roberts
Published 16 May 2020
68% complete
CT Fluoroscopy
Article

Spinal neurofibroma

Spinal neurofibromas are benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors, usually of the localized subtype. This article specifically relates to spinal neurofibromas. For a general discussion of neurofibromas, including their epidemiology and pathology, refer to neurofibroma. For a discussion of the gene...
Article

Extradural spinal cavernous malformation

Extradural spinal cavernous malformations, also known as extradural spinal cavernomas, are rare vascular malformations that occur in the spine.  This article specifically relates to extradural spinal cavernomas. For a general discussion of spinal cord cavernomas please refer to the article spin...
Case

Vertebral artery loop causing radiculopathy

  Diagnosis almost certain
Michał Czerny
Published 14 Mar 2017
77% complete
MRI
Article

Intradural spinal lipoma

Intradural lipomas are a subset of spinal lipomas. They are typically intradural, subpial, juxtamedullary lesions 1 although they have occasionally been reported as entirely intramedullary lesions 2. Mature fatty tissue within the spinal dura can be seen in a number of entities: lipomyelo...

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