XXXX mistaken for a common spinal disorder: a case report.

@entity1 @entity1643 @entity514 @entity602 @entity3140 @entity615 @entity4048 @entity5011 @entity158 @entity614
Context     Many @entity1 with musculoskeletal issues seek traditional Korean medicine or complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat or help deal with their health conditions. Practitioners and @entity1 should be aware of diseases that can exhibit similar symptoms, consequently complicating diagnosis and treatment. Objective     The study intended to examine a case of @entity5011 ( @entity5011 ), in which the @entity1 presented with @entity615 , @entity158 , and weakness that gave cause for diagnostic error at onset. Design     The research team has reported a case study. Setting     The study was conducted at Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine in Seoul, Korea. @entity1     After initially being prescribed back surgery for lumbar disc herniation, as confirmed by lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at a previous hospital, a 54-y-old female with @entity1643 as her chief complaint chose to transfer to a Korean medicine hospital for nonsurgical treatment. Intervention     The @entity1 became nonambulatory owing to a sudden decrease in muscle strength during admission and underwent a cervical MRI to assess for cervical @entity602 because she developed @entity4048 and @entity3140 . She then was diagnosed with @entity5011 and received a regime of symptomatic treatment with CAM, including acupuncture, electroacupuncture, pharmacopuncture, and herbal medicine. Results     The cervical MRI results showed that the symptoms were not due to @entity602 or @entity614 , and @entity5011 was suspected because of the progressive ascending weakness, absence of myotatic reflexes in the lower limbs, and preceding flu-like symptoms. The @entity1 showed @entity514 recuperation after the CAM treatments, recovering motor strength and ambulation. Conclusions     A seemingly typical @entity1 with musculoskeletal symptoms may turn out to have a completely different pathology, and clinicians should keep such potential confounders and comorbidities in mind when diagnosing @entity1 .
