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Lumbar artery compression by the diaphragmatic crus: a new etiology for spinal cord ischemia
A Rogopoulos1, D Benchimol, P Paquis
1Service de Radiologie, Institut Arnault Tzanck, Saint Laurent du Var, France.
Annals of Neurology
|August 12, 2000
Abstract:
We describe a new cause of spinal cord ischemia illustrated by two cases--compression by the diaphragmatic crus of a lumbar artery giving rise to a spinal artery. The diagnosis has been established by dynamic spinal angiography, showing complete occlusion of the lumbar artery. Surgical section of the diaphragmatic crus prevents irreversible infarction.