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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 Type B Aortic Dissection Complicated With Spinal Cord Ischemia and Paraplegia Treated With Endovascular Scissor
Alexandra Catasta1, Antonio Freyrie1,2, Alberto Bramucci1
1Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
Abstract:
Spinal cord ischemia leading to paraplegia is a rare, life-limiting complication of acute type B aortic dissection. We report a case of spinal cord ischemia occurred in a young woman treated with endovascular scissor technique in urgent setting. The patient had an uneventful post-procedural course. After 4 months, computed tomography angiography confirmed false lumen reperfusion and major symptoms were regressed. In selected cases, this procedure is a tool to improve false lumen perfusion in type B dissections, and demonstrated to be helpful in our case of spinal cord ischaemia.

