AHRQ WebM&M: Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web

AHRQ WebM&M: Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web

Cases & Commentaries

SPOTLIGHT CASE

A "Reflexive" Diagnosis in Primary Care

Despite new back pain and worsening symptoms of tingling, pain, and weakness bilaterally, in both hands and feet, a man recently diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy was not sent for further testing after repeated visits to a primary care clinic. By the time neurologists saw him, they diagnosed critical cervical cord compression, which placed the patient at risk for permanent paralysis.
Commentary by John Betjemann, MD, and S. Andrew Josephson, MD

CME/CEU credit available for this case