Published online Jan 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i2.318
Peer-review started: October 2, 2019
First decision: December 4, 2019
Revised: December 17, 2019
Accepted: December 22, 2019
Article in press: December 22, 2019
Published online: January 26, 2020
Core tip: “Cervicogenic” headache, vertigo, dizziness, hypertension, or tinnitus had been reported that patients with cervical spondylosis caused by sympathetic symptoms including headache, vertigo, dizziness, hypertension, or tinnitus and treated successfully with operation of anterior cervical discectomy and fixation using PEEK cages and a plate. Here we described a patient with spondylosis of C4/5/6 with unilateral exophthalmos. She suffered from unexpected spontaneous improvement of unilateral exophthalmos after an operation of anterior cervical discectomy and fixation with two PEEK interbody cages and a plate. Therefore, we have named the condition “cervicogenic exophthalmos”. To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first related case report and use of the term “cervicogenic exophthalmos” after reviewing previous literature.