Compression of the spinal cord caused by collateral arteries in the vertebral canal in coarctation of the aorta. Case report on a 57-year-old patient, successfully treated by a decompression laminectomy and resection of the coarctation.
D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013115:Spinal Canal / Q000098:blood supply*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery