Arm Weakness, Breathing Difficulty, and Multilevel Spinal Findings

How Chiari malformation, C3 disease, T11–T12 abnormalities, L4–L5 stenosis, Tarlov cysts, and brachial neuritis do, and do not, fit together The central message Arm weakness plus new or worsening shortness of breath is a localization problem before it is a diagnosis. Several disorders can produce this combination, but abnormalities seen at different spinal levels should not automatically be woven…