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Hypoxic-ischaemic injury of the spinal cord in systemic shock: MRI
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defensive Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Neuroradiology
|May 1, 1996
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Concurrent spinal cord injury in children with brain hypoxic-ischaemic injury is not well-documented. This case report details MRI findings in a young girl with both brain and spinal cord injuries following hypovolaemic shock.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric neurology
- Neuroradiology
- Neurocritical care
Background:
- Hypoxic-ischaemic injury (HII) affects the brain in infants and children.
- Concurrent spinal cord injury (SCI) in pediatric HII is rarely described.
- Hypovolaemic shock can precipitate HII and potentially SCI.
Abstract:
The imaging characteristics of concurrent spinal cord injury in children with hypoxic-ischaemic injury of the brain have not been described. We present the MRI findings of hypoxic-ischaemic injury of the brain and spinal cord following hypovolaemic shock in a 2-year-old girl.