The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by cervical spine syndrome (CWS syndrome):
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Dissection of the vertebral artery/internal carotid artery – splitting of the wall layers of the vertebral artery/carotid artery.
- Epidural hematoma (synonyms: epidural hematoma; epidural hemorrhage) – bleeding into the epidural space (space between the bones of the skull and the dura mater (hard meninges, outer boundary of the brain to the skull))
- Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAB; hemorrhage between the spider tissue membrane and the soft meninges; incidence: 1-3%); symptomatology: proceed according to “Ottawa rule for subarachnoid hemorrhage”:
- Age ≥ 40 years
- Meningismus (symptom of painful neck stiffness in irritation and disease of the meninges).
- Syncope (brief loss of consciousness) or impaired consciousness (somnolence, sopor and coma).
- Onset of cephalgia (headache) during physical activity.
- Thunderclap headache/destructive headache (about 50% of cases).
- Restricted mobility of the cervical spine (Cervical spine).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Meningitis (meningitis).
Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).
- Intervertebral disc prolapse (herniated disc).
- Foraminastenosis – narrowing of the intervertebral holes through which nerve fibers pass.
- Septic arthritis (inflammation of the joints).
- Synovial cyst – cyst containing synovial fluid (synovial fluid).
- Cervical discectitis – inflammation of an intervertebral disc in the cervical spine.
- Cervical osteomyelitis – inflammation of bone marrow in the cervical spine.
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Epidural abscess – collection of pus between the calvaria of the skull and the dura mater/hard meninges.
- Meningitis (inflammation of the meninges)
- Thoracic outlet syndrome – painful pressure damage to the nerve pathways that pull out of the chest and into the arm between the first rib and the collarbone
