| | Author/year | Number of cases | Age/sex | Presenting symptom/signs | Location | Diagnostic modality | Treatment | Prognosis follow-up period | Associated condition |
| | Takano et al., 1992 | 1 | 72/m | Spastic paraparesis, 1 yr
bilat. C6 paresthesia | C3/4, lt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | C3–6 laminectomy | Rapid recovery unknown F-U
| | | Yamamoto et al., 2001 | 2 | 81/m | Progr. paraparesis, 1 mo
neck pain, bilat. arm leg paresthesia | C3/4, lt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | Laminectomy C3–7 laminoplasty | Improved, 2 mos | | | 65/m | Spastic quadriparesis
rt arm pain | C3/4, rt | MRI, M-CT connection (−) | Laminectomy C3–7 laminoplasty | Improved, 2 mos | | | Shima et al., 2002 | 1 | 66/m | Paraparesis and numbness | C7/T1, rt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | Laminoplasty C3–6 | Complete recovery, 9 mos | | | Chenng et al., 2006 | 1 | 58/m | Sudden Brown-Sequard synd.
lt-sided hemiparesis
rt-sided hemianalgesia below T4 | C6/7, lt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (+) | Laminectomy C6-7 | Complete recovery, 4 mos | CRF | | Yahara et al., 2009 | 1 | 63/f | Myelopathy below C5,
bilat. hand paresthesia | C4/5, lt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | Laminectomy C4/5 instrumentation, fusion | Complete recovery, 1 yr | RA 15 yrs
C4/5 instability | | Muzii et al., 2010 | 1 | 60/m | Progr. paraparesis, 1 yr
ataxia, hyperreflexia | C4/5
midline | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | C4/5 laminectomy | Complete recovery, 1 yr mild spastic gait | | | Brotis et al., 2012 | 1 | 82/f | Progr. quadriparesis, 3 mos
bilat. arm paresthesia, neck pain | C3/4, lt | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | Laminectomy C3 | Complete recovery, 6 mos | HBP, DM hypothyroidism | | Current case, 2017 | 1 | 66/m | Paraparesis, 3-week
bilat. T1 paresthesia, pain | C7/T1, bilat. | MRI, OR, histology
connection (−) | Laminectomy C7 | Complete recovery, 12 mos | C7/T1 subluxation |
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Bilat.: bilateral, CRF: chronic renal failure, DM: diabetes mellitus, HBP: hypertension, lt: left, mos: months, OR: operation, progr.: progressive, RA: rheumatoid arthritis, and rt: right. Connection (−)/(+); presence/absence of communication to the facet joint.
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