Teaching NeuroImages: Cervical synovial cyst leading to spinal cord compression

Teaching NeuroImages: isolated cervical spinal cord cysticercosis.

A 23-year-old Brazilian man, a farmer in a rural area of Minas Gerais State, complained of an 8-month history of neck pain and upper-limb weakness. Flaccid tetraparesis, global hyperreflexia, and pyramidal signs were present. Cranial CT and brain MRI were normal. Spinal cord MRI showed an intramedullary tumoral lesion, extending from C3 to C5 vertebral bodies, with a cystic appearance (figure 1...

Teaching neuroimages: Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy causing spinal cord compression.

Andoni Echaniz-Laguna, MD, PhD Nathalie Philippi, MD A 54-year-old man presented with 6 months of progressive gait unsteadiness and weakness of four limbs. Examination showed severe symmetric proximal and distal weakness of all limbs, hypesthesia below the knees, vibratory sensation loss in lower limbs and hands, absent tendon reflexes, and bilateral Babinski signs. CSF contained 19 g/L protein...

A synovial cyst in the cervical spine causing acute spinal cord compression.

Anterior cervical arachnoid cyst with spinal cord compression.

Dr. Wuilker Knoner Campos – Rua João Pio Duarte Silva 1206 88037-001 Florianópolis SC Brasil. Email: [email protected] Anterior cervical arachnoid cysts are rare lesions and despite of the large experience of the departments of neurosurgery worldwide, few cases in this localization have been reported. Most intradural arachnoid cysts are located in the thoracic region posterior to the spinal ...

Teaching neuroimages: neuromyelitis optica misdiagnosed as spinal cord tumor.

A 17-year-old girl presented with acute-onset cervical pain, followed by left arm weakness and gait disturbances. Spinal cord astrocytoma was diagnosed by MRI performed at an outpatient facility (figure, A and B). The patient was admitted to the neurosurgery department to undergo spinal cord biopsy. A second neurologic evaluation indicated neuromyelitis optica (NMO) as the most likely diagnosis...