Spinal and radicular pain in pseudotumor cerebri.
A 4 1/2-year-old girl presented with cervical spine and radicular pain with hypoactive biceps and brachioradialis stretch reflexes. A diagnosis of pseudotumor cerebri was made. The patient's symptoms resolved following the reduction of the elevated intracranial pressure. Abnormalities of the cervical spine and spinal cord were not detected. A mechanism to explain this "false localizing" sign is discussed.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*