Open AccessÖnemli Bir Tetrapleji Sebebi: Servikal Spondilotik Miyelopati
Author(s) -
Figen Tuncay,
Fatmanur Aybala Koçak,
Zeynep Karakuzu Güngör,
Hatice Rana Erdem
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
türk osteoporoz dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 5
ISSN - 2146-3816
DOI - 10.4274/tod.58966
Subject(s) - gynecology , medicine
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy is a neurological disorder caused by degenerative changes in the cervical spines emerging from spinal channel narrowing. This is the most common reason of spastic tetraplegia in later phases of life. In this case report, an elderly male patient with subclinical symptoms and having cervical spondylotic myelopathy causing sudden spastic tetraplegia was presented in the light of current literature