Pulmonary edema in cervical spinal cord injury.
A 15-year-old patient with acute cervical spine injury (C5) and pulmonary edema is presented. There was no craniocerebral injury. Causes other than the injury are excluded. Acute cervical spine injury appears to be another cause of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*