Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 613-622 (July 2008) Positional Cervical Spinal Cord Compression and Fibromyalgia: A Novel Comorbidity With Important Diagnostic and Treatment Implications Andrew J. Holman The Journal of Pain Volume 9, Issue 7, Pages 613-622 (July 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.01.339 Copyright © 2008 American Pain Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Typical image montage used to evaluate each patient, including flexion, neutral, and extension sagittal images, with and without transaxial measurement of the cervical canal at each disc level. Note cord abutment at C4-5 only in extension. The Journal of Pain 2008 9, 613-622DOI: (10.1016/j.jpain.2008.01.339) Copyright © 2008 American Pain Society Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Sagittal neutral, flexion, and extension MR cervical spine images of the same patient demonstrating cervical cord abutment at C4-5 only in extension. Note obliteration of the CSF space around the cord by positional distortion of the C4-5 disc and ligamentum flavum. The Journal of Pain 2008 9, 613-622DOI: (10.1016/j.jpain.2008.01.339) Copyright © 2008 American Pain Society Terms and Conditions