[Ascending tetraplegia after embolic occlusion of medullary arteries by nucleus pulposus tissue (author's transl)].
A 19 year old woman developed an acute ascending tetraplegia, for which no reason could be found. 9 months later the patient died from a septicemia starting from a decubitus. Postmortem examination showed an occlusion of a medullary artery by emboli of nucleus pulposus tissue. A survey is given of similar cases reported in the literature and the cause of the embolism discussed. It seems most probable that invasion of the misshapen vessel by tissue from a pathological nucleus pulposus was responsible.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001160:Arterioles / Q000473:pathology; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications; D002196:Capillaries / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology
Aufsteigende Querschnittssymptomatik bei embolischem Verschluss der Rückenmarksarterien durch Bandscheibengewebe.