Long-term course of anterior spinal cord herniation presenting with an upper motor neuron syndrome: case report illustrating diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
Martin RegensburgerJohannes C M SchlachetzkiJörg KlekampArnd DoerflerJürgen WinklerPublished in: BMC neurology (2020)
The history of this patient with aSCH illustrates the importance of careful longitudinal clinical follow-up with repeated imaging studies in progressive upper motor neuron syndromes. Specific attention should be paid to a history of truncal pain and to MRI findings of a ventrally displaced spinal cord. Neurosurgical intervention may halt the progression of herniation.