Acute central cord syndrome with bodybuilder sign
Patricio S Espinosaa b✉, Joseph R. Bergerb
- aDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Kentucky Clinic (Room L-445), Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States. psespi2@email.uky.edu
- bDepartment of Neurology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Kentucky Clinic (Room L-445), Lexington, KY 40536-0284, United States
- ✉Corresponding author
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Abstract
We describe a 81-year-old man who after falling face forward and hyperextending his neck suffer an acute cervical spinal cord injury consistent with acute traumatic central cord syndrome (ATCCS) who developed a peculiar posture with arm abduction at the shoulders and flexion at the elbows and wrists resembling the pose of a bodybuilder.
TL;DRA 81-year-old man who after falling face forward and hyperextending his neck suffer an acute cervical spinal cord injury consistent with acute traumatic central cord syndrome (ATCCS) who developed a peculiar posture with arm abduction at the shoulders and flexion at the elbows and wrists resembling the pose of a bodybuilder. (Semantic Scholar)