title: Spinal cord infarction in congenital afibrinogenemia: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 22-year-old woman with congenital afibrinogenemia presented with acute-onset rapidly progressive quadriparesis as a result of spinal cord infarction caused by vertebral artery dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging scans showed microhemorrhages in addition to edematous swelling suggesting acute ischemia throughout cervical and upper thoracic portions of the spinal cord. Fat-saturated T1-weighted magnetic resonance examination and digital subtraction angiography studies demonstrated cervical vertebral artery dissection on the right. This case provides an example of how a primary bleeding disorder could result in a severe ischemic complication caused by an occlusive vessel wall hematoma. Along with other reports, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of this paradoxical situation were discussed in the particular setting of acute spinal cord ischemia.
authors: Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University Hospitals, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Demet Funda
authors: DF
authors: Bas
authors: Kader Karli
authors: KK
authors: Oguz
authors: Kivilcim
authors: K
authors: Yavuz
authors: Mehmet Akif
authors: MA
authors: Topcuoglu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000347:Afibrinogenemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D018450:Disease Progression; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D008775:Methylprednisolone