Date of Presentation
5-6-2021 12:00 AM
College
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Poster Abstract
Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is rare and most often occurs in individuals with predisposing cardiovascular risk factors and traumatic injuries
As there are no distinct diagnostic criteria for SCI, diagnosis is difficult in patients presenting without predisposing factors and is often mistaken for transverse myelitis.
Delay in early diagnosis contributes to the high case fatality rate of SCI.
This case highlights the importance of including SCI in the differential of a patient with acute paraparesis even in the absence of co-existing risk factors.
Keywords
case reports, Spinal Cord, infarction, paraparesis, diagnosis
Disciplines
Cardiovascular Diseases | Diagnosis | Emergency Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences | Nervous System Diseases | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms | Trauma
Document Type
Poster
Included in
Cardiovascular Diseases Commons, Diagnosis Commons, Emergency Medicine Commons, Nervous System Diseases Commons, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Commons, Trauma Commons
Spontaneous Conus Medullary Infarction in the Absence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Spinal cord infarction (SCI) is rare and most often occurs in individuals with predisposing cardiovascular risk factors and traumatic injuries
As there are no distinct diagnostic criteria for SCI, diagnosis is difficult in patients presenting without predisposing factors and is often mistaken for transverse myelitis.
Delay in early diagnosis contributes to the high case fatality rate of SCI.
This case highlights the importance of including SCI in the differential of a patient with acute paraparesis even in the absence of co-existing risk factors.