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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Quinn, Jeffrey N.
• Breit, Hannah
• Dafer, Rima M.

Titel

Spinal Cord Infarction due to Fibrocartilaginous Embolism: A Report of 3 Cases

Ist Teil von

• Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, 2019-06, Vol.28 (6), p.e66-e67

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) is an uncommon cause of spinal cord infarction often misdiagnosed as transverse myelitis. The mechanism of ischemia is suspected to be due to retrograde embolization of nucleus pulposus material originating from Schmorl's nodes to the spinal vessels following acute disk herniation. We describe the clinical and imaging findings of FCE in 3 healthy young women with history of trivial spinal cord trauma, and recommend that FCE should be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute myelopathy.