title: Fibrocartilaginous embolism: a cause of acute ischemic myelopathy.
abstract: METHODS
  A case report of fibrocartilaginous embolism (FCE) presenting as acute myelopathy.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To illustrate the clinical presentation and magnetic resonance imaging features of FCE.
  
  
  METHODS
  Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 16-year-old boy was diagnosed with ischemic myelopathy secondary to FCE 2 years after symptom onset. Diagnosis was delayed because the clinical and radiological characteristics were not recognized initially. After rehabilitation, the patient made a modest recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis of FCE can be made by recognition of the characteristic clinical and radiological features and a high index of suspicion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Kevin_Tan@nni.com.sg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nath
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004617:Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D051445:Fibrocartilage / Q000473:pathology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology