TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching NeuroImages
T2 - Spinal cord infarct due to fibrocartilaginous embolism in an adolescent
AU - Nascimento, Fábio A.
AU - Lindsey, Wilfreda
AU - Hunter, Jill V.
AU - Risen, Sarah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2020/6/9
Y1 - 2020/6/9
N2 - A 15-year-old healthy, active girl presented with acute bilateral upper extremity tingling and hand weakness while playing golf; within several hours, she developed numbness and weakness in all limbs. She denied preceding trauma and bowel/bladder incontinence. Examination showed global weakness, normal tone and reflexes, a C5 sensory level, and decreased light touch/temperature/pinprick in all limbs. Neuroimaging revealed an anterior spinal artery cervical cord infarct (figure), along with a degenerative disk, attributed to fibrocartilaginous embolism.
AB - A 15-year-old healthy, active girl presented with acute bilateral upper extremity tingling and hand weakness while playing golf; within several hours, she developed numbness and weakness in all limbs. She denied preceding trauma and bowel/bladder incontinence. Examination showed global weakness, normal tone and reflexes, a C5 sensory level, and decreased light touch/temperature/pinprick in all limbs. Neuroimaging revealed an anterior spinal artery cervical cord infarct (figure), along with a degenerative disk, attributed to fibrocartilaginous embolism.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85086356360
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009600
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000009600
M3 - Article
C2 - 32381553
AN - SCOPUS:85086356360
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 94
SP - E2495-E2496
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 23
ER -