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Spinal cord infarction secondary to intervertebral disc embolism
Author(s) -
Srigley John R.,
Lambert Colin D.,
Bilbao Juan M.,
Pritzker Kenneth P. H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
annals of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.764
H-Index - 296
eISSN - 1531-8249
pISSN - 0364-5134
DOI - 10.1002/ana.410090315
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , occult , spinal cord , embolism , infarction , intervertebral disc , anterior spinal artery , radiology , surgery , anatomy , myocardial infarction , cardiology , pathology , alternative medicine , psychiatry
A 45‐year‐old man acutely developed high spinal cord infarction. At autopsy a clinically occult fracture of a vertebral body was demonstrated. Emboli consisting of intervertebral disc material were found in marrow vessels and in the anterior spinal artery in the area of the infarct.