Paraplegia due to Spinal Cord Infarction After Lifting Heavy Objects.
Spinal cord infarction is uncommon and usually presents with sudden onset of motor and sensory disturbances. We report a case of a 64-year-old women without previous medical history, who presented with acute onset of paraplegia after lifting. However, radiologic examinations did not show any abnormal lesion in the spinal cord. And, cerebrospinal fluid studies also showed no remarkable findings. This case illustrates the cause of spontaneous paraplegia after lifting injury and we consider the presumptive cause of paraplegia as spinal cord infarction.
Lee
Sung-Ho
SH
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung-Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Sung-Bum
SB
Choi
Seok-Geun
SG
Lim
Young-Jin
YJ