Acute myelopathy secondary to spinal venous thrombosis.
A 66-year-old female presented with the acute onset of paraplegia progressing rapidly to quadriplegia and terminating fatally in less than a month. At autopsy extensive hemorrhagic infarction of the spinal cord was noted associated with widespread venous thrombosis. Other similar cases are reviewed and the pathophysiology is discussed.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology