[Conus medullaris and cauda equina infarct in the course of thrombosis of deep veins of lower extremities].
A 61-year man showed symptoms of conus medullaris and cauda equina syndrome. MR examination of spine and spinal cord SL section showed changes in medullary cone of ischaemial character. Spinal cord injury was probably caused by thrombosis of spinal cord venous vessels, which developed, with diabetes of the second type, in the result of appendectomy complicated by peritonitis and thrombosis of deep veins of the right shank.
Biesek
Dorota
D
Katedra i Klinika Neurologii Samodzielnego Publicznego Szpitala Klinicznego AM w Bydgoszczy.
Ksiazkiewicz
Barbara
B
Wanat-Słupska
Elzbieta
E
D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017762:Nadroparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000150:complications*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications*; D014680:Veins; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D017762:Nadroparin