• Semih Gungor, Rohit Aiyer, and Doruk Erkan.
• Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital for Special Surgery-Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Pain Pract. 2018 Apr 1; 18 (4): 532-538.

ObjectivesThe primary objective of this case series was to report the use of cervical epidural steroid injection in the management of neck pain and stiffness secondary to spondyloarthropathy in cases refractory to conservative therapy.MethodsThis was a case report series on three patients with diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy who presented with severe stiffness and non-radicular axial neck pain refractory to conservative therapy. All patients received cervical epidural steroid injections with significant improvement of their axial neck pain and stiffness.ResultsCervical epidural steroid injections may be effective to improve the axial neck pain and stiffness in patients with diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy refractory to conservative management. Thus, we believe that epidural steroid injections should be considered in the management of patients with spondyloarthopathies.© 2017 World Institute of Pain.

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