title: Lhermitte's sign in thoracic spinal tumour. Personal observation.
abstract: In a case of midthoracic spinal metastasis with a partial transverse cord lesion a typical Lhermitte's sign was elicited by flexion of the head. This is a very rare phenomenon with thoracic spinal tumours.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009333:Neck; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010146:Pain; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology*