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From: Risk factors for rapid progressive neurological deterioration in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy

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A 66-year-old female patient presented with Brown-Sequard syndrome of the left limbs and trunk for 3 days and was diagnosed with rp-CSM. a, b MRI showed spinal compression and T2-hyperintensity at the C5/6 disk level with edema at the C4–5 and C5–6 levels, probably due to spinal cord ischemia. c The patient underwent laminectomy and fusion, and the large disk was removed. d Postoperative MRI showed that decompression was satisfactory and neurological symptoms improved significantly

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

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