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Reproducable Paraplegia by Thoracic Aortic Occlusion in a Murine Model of Spinal Cord Ischemia-reperfusion
Published on: March 3, 2014
Acute Paraplegia as a Presentation of Aortic Saddle Embolism
Lisandro Irizarry1, Anton Wray1, Kim Guishard1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
Abstract:
Background. Acute onset paraplegia has a myriad of causes most often of a nonvascular origin. Vascular etiologies are infrequent causes and most often associated with postsurgical complications. Objective. To describe the occurrence and possible mechanism for aortic saddle embolism as a rare cause of acute paraplegia. Case Report. Described is a case of a 46-year-old female who presented with the sudden onset of nontraumatic low back pain with rapidly progressive paraplegia which was subsequently determined to be of vascular origin.
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