title: Anterior spinal cord syndrome of unknown etiology.
abstract: A spinal cord injury encompasses a physical insult to the spinal cord. In the case of anterior spinal cord syndrome, the insult is a vascular lesion at the anterior spinal artery. We present the cases of two 13-year-old boys with anterior spinal cord syndrome, along with a review of the anatomy and vasculature of the spinal cord and an explanation of how a lesion in the cord corresponds to anterior spinal cord syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Klakeel, Thompson, Srinivasan, McDonald) and Baylor Our Children's House (Srinivasan, McDonald), Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Merrine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Klakeel
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Klakeel, Thompson, Srinivasan, McDonald) and Baylor Our Children's House (Srinivasan, McDonald), Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Klakeel, Thompson, Srinivasan, McDonald) and Baylor Our Children's House (Srinivasan, McDonald), Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Rajashree
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Srinivasan
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas (Klakeel, Thompson, Srinivasan, McDonald) and Baylor Our Children's House (Srinivasan, McDonald), Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McDonald