RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Can compressive thoracic cord lesions cause a pure lower motor neurone syndrome?
JF Practical Neurology
JO Pract Neurol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 72
OP 74
DO 10.1136/practneurol-2018-002016
VO 19
IS 1
A1 Chin Yong Kok
A1 Hoskote Chandrashekar
A1 Christopher Turner
A1 Hadi Manji
A1 Alexander M Rossor
YR 2019
UL http://pn.bmj.com/content/19/1/72.abstract
AB Compressive lesions of the spinal cord usually cause a syndrome of upper motor neurone weakness, spasticity and sensory loss below the level of the lesion. It has long been recognised that compressive cervical cord lesions may present as isolated lower motor neurone weakness of the upper limbs, a syndrome termed cervical spondylotic amyotrophy. We describe two patients presenting with isolated lower motor neurone weakness of the lower limbs in association with a compressive cord lesion at T11/12, a condition we have termed thoracic spondylotic amyotrophy.