Pseudomeningeal syndrome of Dupre associated with cervical discopathy--case report.

Acta Neurochir (Wien)

Department of Neurosurgery and Neurotraumatology, District Hospital, Arkońska 4, 71-455 Szczecin, Poland.

Published: February 2010

Background And Purpose: The below publication presents a case of a 51-year-old patient with cervical discopathy of unusual clinical course.

Case Report: The symptoms of the disease suddenly became aggravated and took a form of meningeal syndrome without inflammation of cerebrospinal fluid. The authors emphasize the symptomatology and diagnostic difficulties connected to unusual clinical course of cervical discopathy at the level of VC3/VC4.

Discussion: Both medical and neurosurgical approaches to clinical history of cervical discopathic patient were presented in details. The patient underwent anterior cervical interbody fusion and the operative procedure was very effective for a few years up till now.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0353-yDOI Listing

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