[Cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction: a case report].

Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban

Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.

Published: October 2015

Here we report a case of cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction. The patient was a 55-year-old man with a one-day history of weakness in his right extremities. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no acute abnormality, cerevical MRI showed that cervical spondylisis, C4/5, C5/6 disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis and compression of the spinal cord. Then the patient was transferred to the Department of Orthopaedics and underwent surgical treatment of cervical spondylosis. Followed-up for six months, the weakness of his right extremities returned to normal.

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