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Atypical presentation of intramedullary spinal cord lesion
Michele H Kwik1, Michael S Barakate, Shen Wong
1Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, Royal Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Emergency Medicine (Fremantle, W.A.)
|April 5, 2003
Abstract:
We report a patient who presented with atypical clinical manifestations including worsening abdominal pain from an intramedullary spinal cord lesion. It is important to consider non-abdominal causes of abdominal pain for patients with an atypical presentation. The described case demonstrates the challenges facing the physician with the early diagnosis of acute abdominal pain. Spinal cord lesions, although uncommon, remain a potentially disabling and life-threatening cause of abdominal pain.