Neck pain and absence of cranial nerve symptom are clues of cervical myelopathy mimicking stroke: Two case reports

Figure 1 Images of case 1. A: Brain computed tomography (CT) showed no sign of hemorrhage; B: Brain CT angiography (CTA) showed stenosis of both middle cerebral arteries (orange arrows); C-E: Sagittal, coronal, and axial views of cervical CT showed an epidural hematoma over the posterior site of spinal canal from C3 to C7 level (orange arrows); F: Cervical CT after the emergency partial laminectomy.

Figure 2 Images of case 2. A: Computed tomography (CT) revealed no abnormalities in the brain; B: Brain CT angiography (CTA) revealed no abnormalities; C: Cervical CT revealed a bone erosion at the C7 level (orange arrow); D and E: Sagittal T1-weighted and T2-weighted cervical spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bone erosion and metastasis in the C7 vertebra (orange arrows); F: Axial T2 weighted MRI detected a destructive soft tissue mass in the C7 vertebra (orange arrow); G: A tumor was found in the left lower lung (orange arrow); H: Contrast enhanced MRI revealed a metastasis in the left parietal lobe (orange arrow).