Anterior horn damage in brachial multisegmental amyotrophy with superficial siderosis and dural tear: an autopsy case report

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 129
• Main Authors: Takahashi, Yusuke, Kodaira, Minori, Yamada, Mitsunori, Uehara, Kai, Ito, Kiyoshi, Kaneko, Tomoki, Ohashi, Hiroki, Yazaki, Masahide, Sekijima, Yoshiki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 29.03.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Analysis; Anterior horn; Ataxia; Atrophy; Atrophy, Muscular; Autopsies; Autopsy; Brachial multisegmental amyotrophy; Care and treatment; Case Report; Case reports; Central nervous system; Central nervous system diseases; Compression; Denervation; Diagnosis; Dural tear; Electromyography; Gray Matter; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Pathophysiology; Patients; Siderosis; Siderosis - complications; Siderosis - diagnostic imaging; Snake-eyes appearance; Spinal cord; Spinal Cord Compression - complications; Spinal Cord Compression - diagnostic imaging; Stenosis; Substantia grisea; Superficial siderosis; Thorax; Japan; Snake-eyes appearance; Dural tear; Superficial siderosis; Anterior horn; Brachial multisegmental amyotrophy

Patients with superficial siderosis (SS) rarely show brachial multisegmental amyotrophy with ventral intraspinal fluid collection accompanied with dural tear. We describe spinal cord pathology of a 58-year-old man who developed brachial multisegmental amyotrophy with ventral intraspinal fluid collec...