Cervical cord compression by the vertebral artery causing a severe cervical pain: case report.
A case of a cervical cord compression by the vertebral artery within the spinal canal is reported in a 47-year-old man. The clinical presentation, radiologic features, and the operative treatment are summarized. The mechanism by which this lesion caused a severe cervical pain is discussed.
Yano
K
K
Department of Neurosurgery, Gifu Municipal Hospital, Japan.
Murase
S
S
Kuroda
T
T
Noguchi
K
K
Tanabe
Y
Y
Yamada
H
H
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000601:surgery*