Non-traumatic acute paraplegia caused by cervical disc herniation in a patient with sleep apnoea

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 235-238

  Goh, Hsin Kai ^a   Li, Y H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc herniation; Myelopathy; Non traumatic paraplegia; Sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPLEGIA; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 2942719070     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Suzuki T, Abe E, Murai H, Kobayashi T. Nontraumatic acute complete paraplegia resulting from cervical disc herniation: a case report. Spine 2003; 28:E125-8.
2. Ueyama T, Tamaki N, Kondoh T, Miyamoto H, Akiyama H, Nagashima T. Non-traumatic acute paraplegia associated with cervical disc herniation: a case report. Surg Neurol 1999; 52:204-7.
3. Star AM, Osterman AL. Sleep apnoea after spinal cord injury. Report of a case and literature review. Spine 1988; 13:116-7.
4. Vella LM, Hewitt PB, Jones RM, Adams AP. Sleep apnoea following cervical cord surgery. Anaesthesia 1984; 39:108-12.
5. Howard RS, Thorpe J, Barker R, Revesz T, Hirsch N, Miller D, et al. Respiratory insufficiency due to high anterior cervical cord infarction. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1998; 64:358-61.
6. Ito K, Murofushi T, Mizuno M, Semba T. Pediatric brainstem gliomas with the predominant symptom of sleep apnoea. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1996; 37:53-64.
7. Jayakumar PN, Shastry Kolluri VR, Vasudev MK, Srikanth SG. Ossification of the posterior longitundinal ligament of the cervical spine in Asian Indians-a multiracial comparison. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 1996; 98:142-8.
8. Gupta SK, Roy RC, Srivastava A. Sagittal diameter of the cervical canal in normal Indian adults. Clin Radiol 1982; 33:681-5.
9. Dubuisson A, Lenelle J, Stevenaert A. Soft cervical disc herniation: a retrospective study of 100 cases. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1993; 125:115-9.
10. Wisselink W, Money SR, Crockett DE. Ishaemia-reperfusion injury of the spinal cord: protective effect of the hydroxyl radical scavenger dimethyliourea. J Vasc Surg 1994; 20:444-50.
11. Fehlings MG, Sekhon LHS, Tator C. The role and timing of decompression in acute spinal cord injury. Spine 2001; 26:101-10.
12. Wright J, Johns R, Watt I, Sheldon T. Health effects of obstructive sleep apnoea and the effectiveness of continuous positive airways pressure: a systemic review of the research evidence. Br Med J 1997; 314:851-60.
13. Nathan PW. The descending respiratory pathway in man. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1963; 26:487-99.