Central necrosis of the lumbo-sacral segment of the spinal cord associated with multiple cholesterin emboli, clinically presenting as acute paraplegia

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1038-1040

  Yoshimura, M ^a   Uchigata, M ^a   Shimizu, S ^a   Sakamoto, T ^a   Murayama, S ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterin emboli; Spinal infarction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FAT EMBOLISM; FECES INCONTINENCE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EMBOLISM, CHOLESTEROL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NECROSIS; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034456993     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Spinal cord embolism
2. Cerebrospinal infarction caused by atheromatous emboli
3. Disseminated cholesterol embolism presenting as neuromyelitis optica