1 MCQs in Orthopedics for NEET PG
A 58-year-old man with a 6-month history of progressive gait disturbance and clumsy hands presents to the orthopedic clinic. On examination, he has a wide-based spastic gait, hyperreflexia, positive Hoffman sign, and Lhermitte sign on neck flexion. MRI of the cervical spine shows the findings marked **A** in the diagram: disc herniation with cord compression and focal intramedullary T2 hyperintensity at the C6 level. Which of the following pathophysiological mechanisms BEST explains the neurological deficit in this patient?
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