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Severe upper back/neck pain causing migraines & face numbness/tingling - slight movement dysfunction. getting mri n 2 days. what could be causing this?

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Dr. Atif Haque answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Multiple etiologies: It is possible that you have a problem at the junction of your brainstem and cervical spinal cord--a tumor, infection, etc. You could also be having two separate problems--one in the spine and one in the brain. Or you could be having a multifocal problem, such as ms. These are all possibilities--see what the MRI shows.

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Answered 10/10/2019

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