Two Cases of Spinal Cord Infarction: Vertebral Stenosis and Systemic Hypoperfusion.
- Author:
Ho Won LEE
1
;
Yang Ha HWANG
;
Ji Man LEE
;
Jung Il KIM
;
Jong Yeol KIM
;
Chung Kyu SUH
;
Sung Pa PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Korea. sppark@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Spinal cord infarction;
Vertebral artery stenosis;
Hypoperfusion
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Constriction, Pathologic*;
Heart Arrest;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Paraplegia;
Quadriplegia;
Sensation;
Spinal Cord*;
Vertebral Artery;
Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2002;20(5):554-557
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced two cases of cord infarction. One patient developed quadriparesis and impaired pain and temperature sensation, whose T2-weighted MRI revealed a high-intensity lesion from medulla to C5. Angiography showed severe stenosis of both vertebral arteries. Another patient developed paraplegia and loss of all sensory modalities after cardiac arrest, whose T2-weighted MRI revealed a high-intensity lesion in the cord at T11-L1. We conclude that each cause of the infarctions was stenosis of the vertebral arteries and systemic hypoperfusion.
