Case 24-1989: A 77-Year-Old Man with Back Pain and Acute Inability to Walk

Richard C. Cabot; Robert E. Scully; Eugene J. Mark; William F. Mcneely; Betty U. Mcneely; L. F. Borges; A. E. Rosenberg

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Case 24-1989: A 77-Year-Old Man with Back Pain and Acute Inability to Walk

Richard C. Cabot, Robert E. Scully, Eugene J. Mark, William F. Mcneely, Betty U. Mcneely, L. F. Borges, A. E. Rosenberg

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Presentation of Case A 77-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of an inability to walk of acute onset. The patient was in a stable state of health until three months earlier, when he began to experience difficulty in swallowing solids, with a sensation that food stuck low in the neck; his appetite decreased, and he consumed less food than usual. Two months before admission, fever and nausea occurred, with a burning pain over the upper dorsal region at about the level of the fourth thoracic vertebra. A physician found that the temperature was 38.9°C and noted a loss….

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1610-1618
Number of pages	9
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	320
Issue number	24
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198906153202408
State	Published - Jun 15 1989
Externally published	Yes

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