Annals of Clinical Neurophysiology

"Neck"

Case Report

A Case of Man-in-the-Barrel Syndrome Induced by Cervical Spinal Cord Ischemia: Byeol A Yoon, Jong Kuk Kim, Dong Ho Ha; Korean J Clin Neurophysiol 2013;15(2):59-62. Published online December 31, 2013; DOI: https://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.2.59

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Man-in-the-barrel syndrome (MIBS) is a clinical syndrome of bilateral upper limb weakness with normal lower extremity function. It can be caused by various neurological conditions such as bilateral cerebral hypoperfusion, syringomyelia, motor neuron disease, or cervical myelopathies. We report a patient with MIBS after cervical spinal cord ischemia. It is postulated to be caused by ischemic insults of anterior spinal artery from repeated and prolonged neck extension.

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