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BACKGROUND
Paraplegia of late onset in adolescents with caries of dorsal spine is considered to be due to the reactivation of infection. Internal salient at the level of acute kyphotic deformity of the dorsal spine is formed by posterior cartilaginous remains of grossly destroyed vertebral bodies.
A 30-year-old black man presented sudden-onset paraplegia during a foot-ball match, after a movement of hyperextension of the trunk. Moreover, the patient exhibited an hypoesthesia below the T11 level, with sphincter disturbances. The MRI and the CT-scan showed a stenosis of the spinal canal related
BACKGROUND
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by a relatively benign clinical course that may be complicated by conflicting thrombosis and bleeding. Postoperative spinal epidural hematoma is an uncommon, but well-known, complication after spinal
A Thai women, aged 22 years old, came to hospital with Patent Ductus Arteriosis (PDA). Left thoracotomy, with division and suturing PDA, was performed. The second day after operation, she developed paraplegia below umbilical level. The CT-scan detected an extradural hematoma in the spinal cavity
BACKGROUND
Acute pancreatitis is recognised to cause both local and extra pancreatic systemic complications. Sequelae like pseudocyst of the pancreas can further be complicated by infection, intracystic haemorrhage and rupture with high mortality and morbidity. Extra pancreatic manifestations
A 71-year-old man was admitted to Teikyo University Hospital with paraplegia, subileus, back pain and high fever. He gave a history of having received treatment for spinal caries 20 years previously. Chest computed tomography and esophageal endoscopy demonstrated evidence of spinal caries and
Paraplegia complicating thoracotomy is rare but catastrophic. This report comprises 40 cases: 5 of our cases and 35 reported cases. Our cases comprised a stab wound of the left chest (1), decortication (1), lobectomy for bronchogenic carcinoma (2), and segmental resection for tuberculosis (1). The
Spinal cord haemangioblastomas are rare central nervous systems tumours, and haemorrhage.It is an uncommon occurance. We report a 28-year-old pregnant patient who presented with paraplegia due to acute haemorrhage of a spinal haemangioblastoma. Magnetic resonance imaging showed extensive syrinx
BACKGROUND
Post-traumatic syringomyelia is described in adults after spinal trauma but extremely rarely seen in children, especially in the first year of life.
METHODS
We describe a boy who, at the age of 7 months, suffered spinal trauma during a car accident when he was held at his mother's lap and