Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy Diagnosis and Its Differentiation from Neurological Mimics, MS and ALS: A Literature Review
Sydney Klumb, Lauren Haley, Chase Hathaway, Jonathan Irby, Johnny Cheng, Jacob Rumley, Emmanuel Andrès, Lindsay A Farrer · 2025
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Description
Neck spine wear can squeeze the spinal cord and cause disability, yet two other nerve diseases can look much the same at first. Sydney Klumb and co-authors reviewed how to tell these conditions apart in this 2025 paper. The mimics covered are multiple sclerosis and the motor neuron disease ALS.
All three can cause weak, stiff limbs and clumsy hands, which is why mix-ups happen. A missed spine case is costly because delay lets cord damage grow, while surgery can halt it. The review lays out the signs, symptoms, and scan features typical of each disease side by side. For clinicians facing a puzzling case, it is a practical guide to ordering the right tests before settling on a lifelong diagnosis.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sydney Klumb, Lauren Haley, Chase Hathaway, Jonathan Irby, Johnny Cheng, Jacob Rumley, Emmanuel Andrès, Lindsay A Farrer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |