Cervicothoracic spinal cord compression caused by IgG4-related sclerosing pachymeningitis: a case report and literature review

To report a case of cervicothoracic spinal cord compression caused by IgG4-related sclerosing pachymeningitis (IgG4-RSP). A 43-year-old male patient presented with ‘neck pain for 15 days, exacerbated accompanying motor and sensory dysfunction of lower limbs with bowel and bladder dysfunction for 4 days’ was admitted to our department. Combined with the history of ‘acupuncture treatment’, MRI results and rapid-developing progression, we...