Acute Paraplegia as a Presentation of Aortic Saddle Embolism.
Background. Acute onset paraplegia has a myriad of causes most often of a nonvascular origin. Vascular etiologies are infrequent causes and most often associated with postsurgical complications.Objective. To describe the occurrence and possible mechanism for aortic saddle embolism as a rare cause of acute paraplegia.Case Report. Described is a case of a 46-year-old female who presented with the sudden onset of nontraumatic low back pain with rapidly progressive paraplegia which was subsequently determined to be of vascular origin.
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
Lisandro
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Irizarry
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
Anton
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Wray
Department of Emergency Medicine, Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11237, USA.
Kim
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Guishard