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A positive Spurling's sign is when the pain arising in the neck radiates in the direction of the corresponding dermatome ipsilaterally. [1] It is a type of cervical compression test. Patients with a positive Spurling's sign can present with a variety of symptoms, including pain, numbness and weakness.
Lhermitte's sign may also appear during or following high-dose chemotherapy. [7] [8] Irradiation of the cervical spine may also evoke it as an early delayed radiation injury, which occurs within 4 months of radiation therapy. [citation needed] Delayed onset Lhermitte's sign has been reported following head and/or neck trauma.
Spurling's test: Roy Glenwood Spurling: neurology: cervical radiculopathy: Spurling's manoeuvre and sign at Who Named It? axial compression and rotation of cervical spine to the side of symptoms causes pain Stellwag's sign: Karl Stellwag von Carion: endocrinology: thyrotoxicosis: infrequent and/or incomplete blinking, accompanied by Dalrymple's ...
Lhermitte's sign may indicate cervical radiculopathy or spinal cord disease; Spurling's test tests for cervical spine disease [1] [2]
Therefore, Spurling's test, which take advantage of this phenomenon, is performed by extending and laterally flexing the patient's head and placing downward pressure on it to narrow the intervertebral foramen. [2] Neck or shoulder pain on the ipsilateral side (i.e., the side to which the head is flexed) indicates a positive result for this test.
Lhermitte's sign is an electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs and is produced by bending the neck forward. The sign suggests a lesion of the dorsal columns of the cervical cord or of the caudal medulla , correlating significantly with cervical MRI abnormalities. [ 111 ]
Jean Lhermitte (1877–1959), French neurologist and neuropsychiatrist Lhermitte's sign, also called Barber Chair Phenomenon, an electrical sensation produced by bending the neck forward or backward; Lhermitte–Duclos disease, tumor of the cerebellum; Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925), French realist painter and etcher; father of Jean Lhermitte
Jean Lhermitte: 1877 - 1959 France Lhermitte's sign, Lhermitte–Duclos disease: L Hugo Liepmann: 1863 - 1925 Germany L Zachary London: 1976 - United States Neuromuscular disease: M B. K. Misra: 1953 - India M William Macewen: 1848 - 1924 United Kingdom Macewen's sign: M Samia Maimani: 1955 - 1997 Saudi Arabia M Pierre Marie: 1853 - 1940 France