Cervical Intervertebral Disc Displacement in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Possible Trigger?

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Cervical Intervertebral Disc Displacement in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Possible Trigger?

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Cervical Intervertebral Disc Displacement in Multiple Sclerosis Patients: A Possible Trigger for the Pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis?

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Background: Few articles in the world have already correlated these two themes. The reason we wrote this paper is to suggest a pathogenic hypothesis that correlates the two diseases.

Methods: We reviewed the medical literature in the MEDLINE/PubMed and LILACS/SciELO databases. We used the terms “cervical intervertebral disc displacement”, “multiple sclerosis”, “neuroinflammation”, “pathogenesis” and its combinations.

Results: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Spinal cord myelopathy in MS presents with neck and radicular pain, segmental weakness, hypoesthesia and diminution of tendon reflexes. All of these symptoms may also appear in myelopathy due to cervical spine compression. It is observed in the context of cervical intervertebral disc displacement (CIDD). CIDD is the most common progressive disorder in the aging cervical spine. Clinical researches have described CIDD at different levels in MS patients. However, the majority of these clinical studies were only descriptive. The correlation between the two diseases and the study of the pathogenesis of them was little studied. We hypothesized an unprecedented theory for a possible pathogenic mechanism between CIDD and MS. Can the CIDD be a trigger for the onset of spinal demyelination in MS patients?

Conclusions: We believe with blood-spinal cord barrier (BSCB) disruption the neutrophils invasion on CNS is facilitated. Thus local neuroinflammation on the spinal cord in patients with CIDD could be a facilitating factor for neutrophils infiltration to the CNS in MS. This cascade of neuroinflammation may be one of the triggers for the activation of demyelination in the spinal cord of MS patients.
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Interesting, thanks.
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I had an accident about 20 years before resulting in pain in cervical area. Never took it serious. Few years later some neurological symptoms started appearing. Interesting there could be connection.
BUT WHY IT IS, CANADA OR ENGLAND HAVE LARGEST POPULATION OF PEOPLE WITH MS
WHILE COUNTRIES LIKE CHINA, INDIA, PAKISTAN HAVE LEAST? ???
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2021 Jan 4
Department of Neurology, Barzilai University Medical Centre, Israel
Association between cervical disc disease and lesions of multiple sclerosis
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33393859/

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Introduction: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the site of the cervical discopathy and cervical spinal cord plaque in MS patients.

Methods: This retrospective study included all patients with a definite diagnosis of MS who were treated at an outpatient clinic between September 2004 and September 2011. All patients underwent cervical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for primary investigation of the disease. Cervical MRI scans were evaluated for detection of any evidence of cervical discopathy and cervical MS plaques. Any correlation between the site of the MS lesions and discopathy was recorded.

Results: From 536 patients who were involved in the study, 214 patients had both cervical discopathy and cervical cord plaques. In this group 148 (69.1% of patients) had cervical plaque at the same site of cervical discopathy. The number of patients with cervical cord plaque and discopathy at same site was significantly higher than those with plaque and discopathy at different sites (P<0.05).

Conclusion: The study data suggests a possible correlation between cervical discopathy and cervical MS plaque.
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