title: [Cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction: a case report].
abstract: Here we report a case of cervical spondylosis misdiagnosed as cerebral infarction. The patient was a 55-year-old man with a one-day history of weakness in his right extremities. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed no acute abnormality, cerevical MRI showed that cervical spondylisis, C4/5, C5/6 disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis and compression of the spinal cord. Then the patient was transferred to the Department of Orthopaedics and underwent surgical treatment of cervical spondylosis. Followed-up for six months, the weakness of his right extremities returned to normal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
authors.forename: Yun-yun
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China.
authors.forename: Yi-ning
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013116:Spinal Cord; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000175:diagnosis*