Table 2.

Clinical Findings That May Appear on Examination in Patients With DCM.

Clinical Symptoms	Clinical Signs	MRI Findings
• Corticospinal motor deficits	• Hoffmann sign	• Cord compression
• Numbness of hands	• L’Hermitte’s phenomenon	• Cord flattening
• Atrophy of hand muscles	• Ankle clonus	• Cord torsion
• Hyperreflexia and spasticity	• Babinski sign	• T2WI Cord hyperintensity
• Gait disturbances (broad based)	• Romberg sign	• T1WI cord hypointensity
• Clumsy hands
• Weakness
• Paraesthesia
• Urinary incontinence (in severe cases)