Paraparesis during myelography associated with a ruptured thoracic intervertebral disc.
Serious or permanent neurological complications following routine lumbar myelography are uncommon in clinical practice. We describe the sudden and dramatic onset of a symmetrical dense paraparesis in a patient after an uneventful lumbar puncture performed during myelography. A herniated thoracic intervertebral disc was subsequently diagnosed and successfully treated.
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Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center/Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.
D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery