Lumbar spinal artery syndrome. Report of an unusual case.
The literature on the lumbar spinal artery syndrome and the anatomy of the vascular supply to the spinal cord is discussed. The authors report a case which is exceptional in that it occurred in a child aged 4 years after apparently trivial trauma.
D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012677:Sensation; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013577:Syndrome