压迫性颈脊髓病的典型症状包括痉挛、无力（主要累及下肢）并有感觉障碍平面。临床定位诊断通常根据其感觉障碍平面而定，极易误诊。我们在１９９６年８月～１９９９年５月收治了１２例该病患者，因感觉平面在中至下胸段而导致误诊，最后经颈髓ＭＲＩ才确诊，现报告如下：１材 Typical symptoms of compressive cervical myelopathy include spasticity, weakness (mainly involving the lower limbs) and a sensory disorder plane. Clinical positioning diagnosis is usually based on the plane of sensory disorders may be easily misdiagnosed. We in August 1996 ~ May 1999 admitted 12 patients with the disease, because the sensory plane in the middle to lower thoracic and lead to misdiagnosis, and finally diagnosed by cervical MRI, are reported as follows: 1 material