A deceitful case of spinal cord malperfusion presented as an acute limb ischemia.
We present an interesting case of a patient with spinal cord ischemia presented with physical and angiographic findings of acute right leg ischemia 6 days after abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair. After unsuccessful transpopliteal thrombectomy, patient was treated with spinal cord drainage. Cause of this complication might be ischemic lumbal plexopathy.
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
Igor
I
Banzic
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: fosafosa75@yahoo.com.
Nikola
N
Ilić
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Marko
M
Dragaš
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Igor
I
Končar
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
Milos
M
Sladojevic
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia.
Ivan
I
Tomic
Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular surgery, Serbian Clinical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Medical Faculty, Clinical Centre of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Lazar
L
Davidovic
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D020760:Spinal Cord Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*