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11942368

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
The main arterial supply of the dorso-lumbar spinal cord is usually derived from a single anterior radiculo-medullary artery called the artery of Adamkiewicz and referred to as having a middle or low location. In some cases, the artery origin is higher, and a vessel which arises in the lower part of the region supplements the supply of the anterior spinal artery. In the literature, those arteries have been described as arising from L3 upwards, and have never been previously described angiographically, to our knowledge, below this level, although Suh and Alexander and Gililan have mentioned this eventuality. Of the 4,000 spinal cord angiographies performed in our institution, we report three cases in which the fourth lumbar artery flows into the anterior spinal artery of the conus medullaris. This anatomical variant may explain the sometimes devastating post-operative neurological complications from a spinal cord infarction on surgery of the lumbar spine or the abdominal aorta below L3.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0028-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
153-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Unusual origin of the artery of Adamkiewicz from the fourth lumbar artery.
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Neuroradiologie, Charcot, Hôpital de la Salpêtriére, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports