Other causes include spine trauma, rheumatoid arthritis and bone diseases. Some people may be born with a narrow vertebral canal in the neck. Flexing the neck may worsen symptoms. Often the history of ...

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study of the patient's cervical and thoracic spine was obtained which revealed a syrinx (Figure 2). The syrinx was decompressed by a neurosurgeon, and the ...