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Published on: May 7, 2019
Neurological symptoms after a provocative dive: spinal DCS or anterior spinal artery syndrome?
Gunalp Uzun1, Engin Cakar, Mehmet Zeki Kiralp
1Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpaşa Teaching Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. gunalpuzun@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Reported here is a 37-yr-old professional diving instructor who had developed complaints of back pain and weakness in the lower extremities after diving. He was eventually diagnosed as having spinal cord decompression sickness along with a likely diagnosis of anterior spinal artery (artery of Adamkiewicz) syndrome. Additionally, since the transthoracic echocardiography revealed patent foramen ovale, we hypothesized that it might have been a potential route for gas bubbles to occlude the anterior spinal artery in this diver.
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