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Massive spinal cord infarction with multiple paradoxical embolism: a case report
S Mori1, S Sadoshima, K Tagawa
1Fukuoka Higashi National Hospital, Japan.
Angiology
|March 1, 1993
Summary
A sixty-seven-year-old man experienced spinal artery syndrome, leading to widespread organ damage and death. The primary cause was pulmonary artery saddle thromboembolism originating from pelvic deep venous thrombosis and paradoxical embolisms via a patent foramen ovale.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Pathology
Background:
- Acute anterior spinal artery syndrome can lead to severe neurological deficits.
- Thromboembolic events can have widespread systemic consequences.
- Paradoxical embolisms through patent foramen ovale are a known, albeit rare, cause of systemic infarction.