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Q:
Age: 80   Sex: M   Concern: Spinal cord injury  

I suddenly became numb from my left ribcage down to my foot last February. Several doctors were baffled but finally ecided I had suffered a stroke even tough all tests showed normal. However, I was doing some heavy lifting and twisting above shoulder level some hours before sudden paralysis. Bruising came out on my back at level of T4 with 5 weeks of pain in area(did not bang myself). I have urinary retention and loss of sensation on my good side. Do you believe that some problem as occurred around my thoracic spine area?

-- donald


A:
yes, possible

-- Sherman Nam Tran, M. D.

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