Thoracic radicular symptoms in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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D S Newman1, S K Aggarwal, R Silbergleit
1Department of Neurology, ALS Clinic, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
|May 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report 4 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) complaining of thoracic radicular symptoms. We postulate that in some patients paraspinal muscle weakness can result in an increased thoracic kyphosis, possibly producing traction on the thoracic roots.