Imaging in clinical medicine: traumatic pseudomeningocoele

Abstract

An 18-year-old male was involved in a road traffic accident that led to a fracture of the left clavicle. He was put in a brace. Over a month, the patient noted tingling, numbness, and difficulty in moving his left upper limb. Clinical examination showed severe motor weakness in the left upper limb. A traumatic brachial plexopathy was suspected. Nerve conduction studies and electromyography showed a complete brachial plexopathy affecting C5-D1 fibers with complete axon degeneration. A cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed paraspinal cystic lesions at the level of C7-D1 and D1-D2 neural foramen consistent with traumatic pseudomeningocoeles. No spinal cord injury was found.

(Published: 26 April 2011)

Citation: Libyan J Med 2011, 6: 6307 - DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v6i0.6307