title: Persistent cauda equina syndrome following bilateral aortoiliac dissection as a complication of cardiac angiography.
abstract: Cardiac angiography is accepted as an invasive yet safe procedure with well-characterized complications. We present a complication heretofore not described to our knowledge, in which a patient experienced the cauda equina syndrome following bilateral aortoiliac dissection during cardiac angiography. Similarities are noted between this complication and those documented in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of California at Los Angeles, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verneuil
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Boeve
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Fulgham
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000209:etiology*; D002420:Cauda Equina; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology