Cranial symptoms after cervical injury. Aetiology and treatment of the Barré-Liéou syndrome.
Neck injury of the whiplash type may lead to the cranial symptoms of the Barré-Lieou syndrome. Forty patients with this syndrome and 40 without it were investigated by a variety of imaging techniques. There was a clear correlation between root sleeve defects at C3/4 shown by special oblique myelographic views and cranial symptoms. Good results were obtained by anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C3/4 in 21 cases. It is suggested that the syndrome may result from irritation of the sympathetic nervous supply at this level.
Tamura
T
T
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Josai Hospital, Yuki, Japan.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014911:Whiplash Injuries / Q000150:complications*