Painless cervical motor radiculopathy relieved by cervical epidural steroid injection: A case report
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
; : 216-221, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
A 15-year-old male patient presented with a slow progression of painless right shoulder weakness over the previous six weeks. The magnetic resonance imaging revealed right C4–5 foraminal stenosis caused by right foraminal disc protrusion. The needle electromyography and nerve conduction studies revealed acute C5 and/or C6 radiculopathy. Instead of the initial surgical management modalities, we performed a cervical epidural steroid injection at the C4–5 level. From the day after the patient received the cervical epidural steroid injection, his right shoulder motor weakness improved progressively. Two weeks after the procedure, his right shoulder motor function had fully recovered.
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Main subject:
Radiculopathy
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Shoulder
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Electromyography
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Needles
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Neural Conduction
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article