title: Anterior spinal artery infarction.
abstract: Spinal cord ischemia, as represented by acute paraplegia, is rare in the absence of trauma. It is even more uncommon that an infarction of the spinal cord occurs in a patient with no predisposition to vascular disease. We report a case of anterior spinal artery syndrome resulting from an infarction of the anterior aspect of the spinal cord in an otherwise healthy 45-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Hospital, Bronx, New York, USA.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Gaeta
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: LaPolla
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Balentine
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013577:Syndrome