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KMID : 0361420150390040649
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Journal of Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine
2015 Volume.39 No. 4 p.649 ~ p.653
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Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection for Painful Spasticity in Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Case Report
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Bang Hyun
Chun Seong-Min
Park Hee-Won
Bang Moon-Suk
Kim Kee-Won
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Abstract
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We report a case of a 53-year-old male with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (SCI). He could not maintain a standing position because of painful spasticity in his lower limbs. A magnetic resonance imaging and electromyography indicated chronic lumbosacral radiculopathy, explaining his chronic low back pain before the injury. For diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes, transforaminal epidural steroid injection (ESI) to the right L5 root was performed. After the intervention, the spasticity decreased and his ambulatory function improved. This case illustrates that lumbar radiculopathy concomitant with a cervical SCI can produce severe spasticity and it can be dramatically improved by ESI.
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KEYWORD
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Spinal cord injuries, Muscle spasticity, Radiculopathy
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