The rheumatoid activity on any part of the spine may affect the surrounding nerves, causing a series of symptoms at the related region of the innervations. By pressing corresponding parts on spinous processes of patient spine, tenderness of various degrees occurs. We named this kind of symptoms as "the spinous process tenderness syndrome". Meanwhile, we borrowed laboratory and imaging examinations to diagnose and differential identify. The symptoms could be alleviated by eliminating pathogenic reasons, local resting, and anti-rheumatic drugs.
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World Neurosurg
January 2025
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Via S. Allende, 84081 Baronissi, Italy; Neurosurgery Unit, University Hospital "San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona", 84131 Salerno, Italy.
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Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University; Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Capital Medical University; Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University;
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Department of Orthopaedics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
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Spine Surgery Program, Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
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