Pathologic quiz case: acute-onset paraplegia in a 60-year-old woman. Spinal cord infarction secondary to fibrocartilaginous (intervertebral disk) embolism.

Authors :: Alexander RT
Cummings TJ
Source :: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine [Arch Pathol Lab Med] 2003 Aug; Vol. 127 (8), pp. 1047-8.
Publication Year :: 2003

Subjects :: Acute Disease
Embolism complications
Embolism diagnosis
Female
Humans
Infarction diagnosis
Infarction etiology
Intervertebral Disc blood supply
Middle Aged
Paraplegia pathology
Spinal Cord Diseases diagnosis
Spinal Cord Diseases etiology
Spinal Cord Diseases pathology
Embolism pathology
Infarction pathology
Intervertebral Disc pathology
Paraplegia etiology
Spinal Cord blood supply

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