Acute asymmetrical spinal infarct secondary to fibrocartilaginous embolism

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 487-491

  Rengarajan, Balaji ^a   Venkateswaran, Sunita ^a   McMillan, Hugh J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior spinal artery syndrome; Fibrocartilaginous embolism; Infarction; Spinal cord ischemia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; GADOLINIUM; MEPREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ACUTE ASYMMETRICAL SPINAL INFARCT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CRUTCH; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; FIBROCARTILAGINOUS EMBOLISM; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHEELCHAIR; CHONDROPATHY; COMPLICATION; INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CHILD; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84925499804     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-014-2562-9     Document Type: Article

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