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3194787

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-1-12
pubmed:abstractText
While the authors have often observed the hand presenting spastic dysfunction and deficient pain sensation in patients with cervical compression myelopathy, which has been termed "Myelopathy hand," they have occasionally seen a different type of myelopathy hand characterized by muscle wasting and motor dysfunction in patients with cervical spondylosis. This type of myelopathy hand they have termed "amyotrophic type of myelopathy hand." Because it is similar to the hand of a patient suffering from motor neuron disease, and yet is treatable, the authors thought it worthwhile to report this type of hand in detail. The main clinical features are localized wasting and weakness of the extrinsic and intrinsic hand muscles, but not accompanied by either sensory loss or spastic quadriparesis. For an accurate diagnosis, attention should be paid to the narrow anteroposterior (AP) canal diameter of the cervical spine (less than 13mm), multisegmental spondylosis in C5-6 and C6-7 disc levels and a reduced transectional area of the spinal cord at the C7, C8, or T1 spinal cord segments. To date the authors have seen 15 patients with this hand; seven underwent either spondylectomy or laminoplasty. In six patients who were satisfied with surgical results, recovery from muscle wasting and weakness was seen.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
785-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-7-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Myelopathy hand characterized by muscle wasting. A different type of myelopathy hand in patients with cervical spondylosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports