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Cervical Nerve Root Compression Due to Vertebral Artery Loop Indentation: Case Report

Devrim Ulaş URUT
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307–309
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In rare cases, keeping in mind the other pathologies that constrain neural foraminalarea is useful for differential diagnosis.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Symptoms such as pain, numbness, and loss of muscle strength may occur as a result of cervical discopathies and spondylosisassociatedcervical nerve palsy symptoms.
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Symptoms such as pain, numbness, and loss of muscle strength may occur as a result of cervical discopathies and spondylosisassociatedcervical nerve palsy symptoms. Vertebral artery loop formation is a rare vascular pathology associated with nerveroot compression resulting in similar clinical symptoms. The treatment strategy may be completely different following thediagnosis. Magnetic resonance imaging of the patient who admitted to our hospital due to complaints of right-sided numbnessdetected vertebral artery loop causing narrowing of the neural foraminal area and C3 nerve compression. No significantpathology was found in the Doppler ultrasound (US) examination performed for the vertebral artery vasculature following theexamination. Cervical disc pathologies are the main pathology in the vast majority of patients suffering from cervical regionpain and numbness and loss of strength. In rare cases, keeping in mind the other pathologies that constrain neural foraminalarea is useful for differential diagnosis.

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URUT, D. U. (2018). Cervical Nerve Root Compression Due to Vertebral Artery Loop Indentation: Case Report. Şişli Etfal Hastanesi Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 52 - Sayı: 4, 307–309. https://ajindex.com/articles/364024

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