title: Recovery from alpha coma after decompression sickness complicated by spinal cord lesions at cervical and midthoracic levels.
abstract: A modified alpha pattern activity occurred in the EEG of a 21-year-old man during recovery from a diving injury. It persisted for 10 days but finally the EEG became normal. There was clinical and neurophysiological evidence of additional separate lesions in the cervical and mid-thoracic spinal cord. The latter resulted in spastic paraplegia but the patient made an otherwise good recovery.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Synek
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Glasgow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*