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Spinal cord infarction associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome in a young child
- Source :
- Journal of Neurosurgery. 79:446-450
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG), 1993.
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Abstract
- ✓ Antiphospholipid antibodies have been reported to occur in ischemic stroke patients, but there have been no previous reports linking these antibodies to spinal cord infarction. A case of spinal cord infarction associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome in a 6-year-old boy is reported. Magnetic resonance imaging clearly demonstrated marked swelling of the thoracolumbar spinal cord with gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid enhancement at an acute stage, followed later by cord atrophy. Serological study disclosed positive lupus anticoagulant and immunoglobulin G anticardiolipin antibody. It is suggested that the role of antiphospholipid antibodies as an etiological factor for spinal cord ischemia should be recognized among causes that might have been categorized as either spontaneous spinal cord infarction or myelitis.
- Subjects :
- Gadolinium DTPA
Male
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Systemic disease
Cord
Contrast Media
Infarction
Myelitis
Atrophy
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Organometallic Compounds
medicine
Humans
cardiovascular diseases
Child
Lupus anticoagulant
business.industry
Pentetic Acid
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
medicine.disease
Spinal cord
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
medicine.anatomical_structure
Spinal Cord
Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00223085
- Volume :
- 79
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Neurosurgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cae19fb3185303fdc1b47286614907c4