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Lhermitte's sign should cause you to consider that the patient might have ____________

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Step-by-step explanation:

Lhermitte’s sign is the sudden unpleasant electrical sensation running down the back and limbs when the neck is flexed .

The sign suggest lesions in upper cervical spinal cord.

Lhermitte’s sign suggests that the patient might have Transient radiation myelopathy

It is a form of myelopathy characterized by Lhermitte’s sign which results in unpleasant electric-shock sensation running down the extremities when the neck is flexed.

This sign is also present in some patients with multiple sclerosis and transverse myelitis.

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