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8171373

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
Nucleus pulposus embolism causing spinal cord infarction is exceptional. A 16-year-old girl was seen with sudden onset of interscapular pain and paraplegia from fatal ischemic transverse myelopathy due to arterial and venous occlusions by fibrocartilaginous embolism. In 32 cases of nucleus pulposus embolism, females predominated (69%) and age distribution was bimodal with peaks at 22 and 60 years (median, 38.5). Embolization was either arterial and venous (50%) or purely arterial (50%). Myelopathy predominated in cervical (69%) and lumbosacral (22%) segments. Schmorl's nodes, larger volume and vascularization of nucleus pulposus in the young, and spinal arteriovenous communications, trauma, and degenerative changes in older patients could be important pathogenetic factors. Diagnosis requires histopathologic confirmation. Nucleus pulposus embolism may be an underlying cause in cases diagnosed as transverse myelitis and ischemic infarction of spinal cord.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0362-2436
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
360-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Natural history of spinal cord infarction caused by nucleus pulposus embolism.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, National University of Colombia, Bogotá.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports